CVE-2023-39851 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in webchess v1.0, specifically impacting the $playerID parameter within mainmenu.php. This flaw carries a critical CVSS score of 9.8, indicating it is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability's exploitability is disputed due to the parameter being a server-controlled session variable, it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, though no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or KEV listing has been identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webchess_project:webchess:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.