Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40179

Medium

Published: 25 August 2023

Published
25 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0010 28.1th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40179 is a medium-severity Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204) vulnerability in Silverwaregames Silverwaregames. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 28.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Silverware Games is a premium social network where people can play games online. Prior to version 1.3.6, the Password Recovery form would throw an error if the specified email was not found in our database. It would only display the…

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"Enter the code" form if the email is associated with a member of the site. Since version 1.3.6, the "Enter the code" form is always returned, showing the message "If the entered email is associated with an account, a code will be sent now". This change prevents potential violators from determining if our site has a user with the specified email.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

silverwaregames
silverwaregames
≤ 1.3.6

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-204

Fake or randomized responses remove distinguishable success/failure signals attackers rely on.

addresses: CWE-204

Eliminates distinguishable response discrepancies in error conditions that could be exploited for reconnaissance.

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