CVE-2023-53972

critical · 9.3

WebTareas 2.4 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the webTareasSID cookie parameter that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries. Attackers can exploit error-based and time-based blind SQL injection techniques to extract database information and potentially access sensitive system data.

9.3

CVSS

0.4%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

37th

EPSS percentile

2025-12-22

Published

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
webtareas_project	webtareas	2.4

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References

https://sourceforge.net/projects/webtareas/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51087
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/webtareas-unauthenticated-sql-injection-via-session-cookie-parameter

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2023-53972