What is CVE-2023-28345?

CVE-2023-28345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Faronics Insight, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-05-31.

How severe is CVE-2023-28345?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Faronics Insight

CVE-2023-28345

An issue was discovered in Faronics Insight 10.0.19045 on Windows. The Insight Teacher Console application exposes the teacher's Console password in cleartext via an API endpoint accessible from localhost. Attackers with physical access to the Teacher Console can open a web browser, navigate to the affected endpoint and obtain the teacher's password. This enables them to log into the Teacher Console and begin trivially attacking student machines.

EPSS: 0.003 (24.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Faronics Insight — versions 10.0.19045
Microsoft Windows
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28345?: CVE-2023-28345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Faronics Insight, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2023-05-31.
How severe is CVE-2023-28345?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.