Credential disclosure via plaintext failed-login logging
Published Mar 23, 2023 · Updated Feb 25, 2025
Credential exposure in Invernyx smartCARS 3 0.5.8 and earlier allows local users to read passwords from error logs. When a login attempt fails, the application's error-logging path writes the submitted password in plaintext to the affected log file. Exploitation requires access to the local log; exposed credentials can then be read, while no direct data modification or service interruption is established.
Summary
What happened
Credential exposure in Invernyx smartCARS 3 0.5.8 and earlier allows local users to read passwords from error logs. When a login attempt fails, the application's error-logging path writes the submitted password in plaintext to the affected log file. Exploitation requires access to the local log; exposed credentials can then be read, while no direct data modification or service interruption is established.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-28441
- Published
- Mar 23, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 25, 2025
- Vendor
- Invernyx, Inc.
- Product
- smartCARS 3
- Classifications
- CWE-532, T1552.001
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 23, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 0.5.9
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