CVE-2023-28441
smartCARS 3 Password Stored as plain text in Error Log
smartCARS 3 is flight tracking software. In version 0.5.8 and prior, all persons who have failed login attempts will have their password stored in error logs. This problem doesn't occur in version 0.5.9. As a workaround, delete the affected log file, and ensure one logs in correctly.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
smartCARS 3 Password Stored as plain text in Error Log
smartCARS 3 is flight tracking software. In version 0.5.8 and prior, all persons who have failed login attempts will have their password stored in error logs. This problem doesn't occur in version 0.5.9. As a workaround, delete the affected log file, and ensure one logs in correctly.
- Record
CVE-2023-28441- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-32129
smartCARS 3 is flight tracking software. In version 0.5.8 and prior, all persons who have failed login attempts will have their password stored in error logs. This problem doesn't occur in version 0.5.9. As a workaround, delete the affected log file, and ensure one logs in correctly.
- Record
EUVD-2023-32129- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
smartCARS 3 is flight tracking software. In version 0.5.8 and prior, all persons who have failed login attempts will have their password stored in error logs. This problem doesn't occur in version 0.5.9. As a workaround, delete the affected log file, and ensure one logs in correctly.
- Record
CVE-2023-28441- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-532
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-28441 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) in Invernyx Smartcars 3, published March 23, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.