webchess 1.0 mainmenu.php playerID sql injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in webchess 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file mainmenu.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument playerID can lead to sql injection. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-39851. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in webchess 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file mainmenu.php. The manipulation of the argument playerID with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

webchess v1.0 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the $playerID parameter at mainmenu.php.

The weakness was disclosed 08/16/2023. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-39851 since 08/07/2023. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

By approaching the search of inurl:mainmenu.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-43551). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Sql injection
CWE: CWE-89 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Timelineinfo

08/07/2023 🔍
08/16/2023 +9 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-39851 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-39851
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237292
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/16/2023 07:39
Updated: 07/03/2025 17:09
Changes: 08/16/2023 07:39 (38), 09/10/2023 09:37 (11), 07/03/2025 17:09 (16)
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