# CVE-2023-43777: Insecure storage of password in easySoft

> Attackers can retrieve insecurely stored passwords from easySoft project files, bypassing protection and accessing sensitive configuration data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m6cj-mh5r-8m7w

## What is CVE-2023-43777?

CVE-2023-43777 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton easySoft, published on 17 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Eaton easySoft software is used to program easy controllers and displays for configuring, programming and defining parameters for all the intelligent relays. This software has a password protection functionality to secure the project file from unauthorized access. This password was being stored insecurely and could be retrieved by skilled adversaries.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials), CWE-256 (Plaintext Storage of a Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-43777?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Eaton Easysoft.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-43777?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-43777 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-43777 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43777 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Eaton easySoft

- [CVE-2026-22614](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22614/): Weak cryptography in EasySoft (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2020-6655](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6655/): File parsing Out-Of-Bounds read remote code execution (medium 5.8)
- [CVE-2020-6656](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6656/): File parsing Type Confusion Remote code execution vulerability (medium 5.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-43777 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-43777 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eaton easySoft, published on 17 Oct 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-43777 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Eaton easySoft. 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-2023-43777/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43777/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43777
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43777
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43777

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-43777/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.