SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-53740

CVE-2023-53740 — Screen SFT DAB 1

Screen SFT DAB 1.9.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to change the admin password without providing the current credentials. Attackers can exploit the userManager.cgx endpoint by sending a crafted JSON request with a new MD5-hashed password t

CVSS
8.6 HIGH
EPSS
0.54% (top 32.80%)
CWE
CWE-862
Published
2025-12-10T21:06:29.286Z
Last modified
2025-12-11T18:52:23.204Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Screen SFT DAB 1.9.3 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to change the admin password without providing the current credentials. Attackers can exploit the userManager.cgx endpoint by sending a crafted JSON request with a new MD5-hashed password to directly modify the admin account.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
DB Elettronica Telecomunicazioni SpAScreen SFT DAB SeriesCompact Radio DAB Transmitter — 1.9.3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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