CVE-2023-22959 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

WebChess through 0.9.0 and 1.0.0.rc2 allows SQL injection: mainmenu.php, chess.php, and opponentspassword.php (txtFirstName, txtLastName).

Published: 2023-01-11

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:webchess_project:webchess::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:webchess_project:webchess:1.0.0:rc2::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-27060	WebChess through 0.9.0 and 1.0.0.rc2 allows SQL injection: mainmenu.php, chess.php, and opponentspassword.php (txtFirstName, txtLastName).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00335.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/chenan224/webchess_sqli_poc
https://sourceforge.net/p/webchess/bugs/84/

History

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Webchess Project Webchess

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-07T18:40:58.091Z

Reserved: 2023-01-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-22959

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T10:20:31.476Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-11T04:15:10.327

Modified: 2025-04-07T19:15:52.280

Link: CVE-2023-22959

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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