Security Resilience

CVE-2023-6518

Miateknoloji Mia-Med ≤ 1.0.7

Published
08 February 2024
Modified
20 May 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0045 38th percentile
Risk Priority 57 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2023-6518 is a high-severity Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) vulnerability in Miateknoloji Mia-Med. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Steganography (T1001.002); ranked at the 38th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A06:2025 Insecure Design

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Plaintext Storage of a Password vulnerability in Mia Technology Inc. MİA-MED allows Read Sensitive Strings Within an Executable. This issue affects MİA-MED: before 1.0.7.

CWE(s)
CWE-256

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1001.002 Steganography Command And Control
Adversaries may use steganographic techniques to hide command and control traffic to make detection efforts more difficult.
attack.mitre.org →
T1003.006 DCSync Credential Access
Adversaries may attempt to access credentials and other sensitive information by abusing a Windows Domain Controller's application programming interface (API)(Citation: Microsoft DRSR Dec 2017) (Citation: Microsoft GetNCCChanges) (Citati…
attack.mitre.org →
T1006 Direct Volume Access Stealth
Adversaries may directly access a volume to bypass file access controls and file system monitoring.
attack.mitre.org →
T1012 Query Registry Discovery
Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software.
attack.mitre.org →
T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through information discovery of remote systems.
attack.mitre.org →
T1016.001 Internet Connection Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-6515Same product: Miateknoloji Mia-Med
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CVE-2023-6517Same product: Miateknoloji Mia-Med
CVE-2025-45702Shared CWE-256
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CVE-2018-25396Shared CWE-256
CVE-2023-22389Shared CWE-256
CVE-2024-41336Shared CWE-256
CVE-2025-27656Shared CWE-256
CVE-2025-43938Shared CWE-256

Affected Assets

miateknoloji
mia-med
≤ 1.0.7

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-28 Protection of Information at Rest good match

Requiring confidentiality protection of information at rest directly stops passwords from being stored in plaintext.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-01 partial match
blocks

Credential management practices normally include secure storage requirements for passwords.

PR.DS-01 partial match
blocks

Encryption and hashing of data-at-rest directly prevent plaintext password storage in files.

PR.DS-10 partial match
blocks

Protecting data-in-use can limit exposure of passwords held in memory.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.5.14 Information transfer partial match
removes
A.5.15 Access control partial match
removes
A.5.16 Identity management partial match
removes
A.5.17 Authentication information partial match
blocks

Directly requires secure handling and protection of authentication information, preventing plaintext password storage.

A.5.18 Access rights partial match
removes
A.8.19 Installation of software on operational systems partial match
removes

References