CVE-2023-44300
Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in PPOE. A local...
Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the appliance. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain service credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the appliance. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain service credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.
- Record
CVE-2023-44300- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-48656
Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the appliance. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain service credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.
- Record
EUVD-2023-48656- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mr63-x9hg-pvgj
Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in PPOE. A local...
Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in PPOE. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.
- Record
GHSA-mr63-x9hg-pvgj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256, CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell DM5500 5.14.0.0, contain a Plain-text Password Storage Vulnerability in the appliance. A local attacker with privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain service credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable application with privileges of the compromised account.
- Record
CVE-2023-44300- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-256, CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-44300 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Dell Powerprotect Data Manager Dm5500 Appliance, published December 4, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 8th percentile. No source names a fixed version.