# CVE-2023-28345: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local attackers can retrieve the teacher's cleartext password from a localhost API endpoint, enabling unauthorized access to student machines.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 May 2023
- **Updated:** 14 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rwrf-7jj9-g4cp

## What is CVE-2023-28345?

CVE-2023-28345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-312 (Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-28345?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Faronics Insight.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-28345?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-28345 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-28345 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-28345 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2023-28347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28347/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2023-28349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28349/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-28353](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28353/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-28348](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28348/): Other in n/a (high 7.4)
- [CVE-2023-28352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28352/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-28345 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-28345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-28345 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28345/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28345/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28345
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28345
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28345

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28345/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.