THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2023-22959
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2023-22959

Webchess vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
13.7%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
WebChess through 0.9.0 and 1.0.0.rc2 allows SQL injection: mainmenu.php, chess.php, and opponentspassword.php (txtFirstName, txtLastName).
Affected vendor
Webchess Project
Affected product
Webchess
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-01-11

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2023-22959

  • Confirm whether Webchess Project Webchess is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2023-22959.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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