"NewsPicks" App for Android versions 10.4.5 and earlier and "NewsPicks" App for iOS versions 10.4.2 and earlier use hard-coded credentials,…

published 2023-06-30 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32083

cvss: 5.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

"NewsPicks" App for Android versions 10.4.5 and earlier and "NewsPicks" App for iOS versions 10.4.2 and earlier use hard-coded credentials, which may allow a local attacker to analyze data in the app and to obtain API key for an external service.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 23 mo ago (2024-12-04)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

NewsPicks, Inc. "NewsPicks" App for Android
NewsPicks, Inc. "NewsPicks" App for iOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

play.google.com /store/apps/details?id=com.newspicks
product
apps.apple.com /us/app/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%94%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9-%E3%83%93%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8D%E
product
jvn.jp /en/jp/JVN32739265/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-28387
NVD CVE-2023-28387

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Summary