{"id":"CVE-2023-33243","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-33243","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:40:04.853Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2023-06-15T20:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:01:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-916"],"affected":["starface/starface"],"epss":{"score":0.04421,"percentile":0.91291,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2023-06-04","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51503,"kind":"exploit","title":"STARFACE 7.3.0.10 - Authentication with Password Hash Possible","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51503","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/jsp/webapps/51503.txt","file":"exploits/jsp/webapps/51503.txt","published":"2023-06-04","added":"2023-06-04","updated":"2023-06-04","author":"RedTeam Pentesting GmbH","type":"webapps","platform":"jsp","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2023-33243"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2022-004/-starface-authentication-with-password-hash-possible","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/rt-sa-2022-004/-starface-authentication-with-password-hash-possible","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33243","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}