CVE-2023-33243 EXPLOIT
8.1
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.4% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
RedTeam Pentesting discovered that the web interface of STARFACE as well as its REST API allows authentication using the SHA512 hash of the password instead of the cleartext password. While storing password hashes instead of cleartext passwords in an application's database generally has become best practice to protect users' passwords in case of a database compromise, this is rendered ineffective when allowing to authenticate using the password hash.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.1 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.42% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-916 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2023-06-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| starface | starface |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | STARFACE 7.3.0.10 - Authentication with Password Hash Possible | 2023-06-04 |
References
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2022-004/-starface-authentication-with-password-hash-possible
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses
- https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2022-004/-starface-authentication-with-password-hash-possible
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