# CVE-2023-44300: Information disclosure in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance

> A local attacker with privileges can access stored plain-text service credentials, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the Dell DM5500 appliance.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mr63-x9hg-pvgj

## What is CVE-2023-44300?

CVE-2023-44300 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance, published on 4 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44300?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Powerprotect Data Manager Dm5500 Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-44300?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44300 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-44300 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44300 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance

- [CVE-2023-44302](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44302/): Auth bypass in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2023-44291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44291/): Command injection in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-44301](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44301/): Cross-site scripting in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-44300 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-44300 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance, published on 4 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44300 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerProtect Data Manager DM5500 Appliance. 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-2023-44300/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44300/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44300
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44300
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44300

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44300/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.