CVE-2023-6518

Q: How do I fix CVE-2023-6518?

Upgrade mia-med to 1.0.7 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2023-6518 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-6518 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.45% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 37% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2023-6518?

CVE-2023-6518 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2023-6518 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for mia-med (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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-256

How to fix

Remediation Available

mia-medNVD

Affected:< 1.0.7Fixed in:1.0.7CVE-2023-6518derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.45%probability of exploitation in 30 days

37thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 37% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory1

usom.gov.tr

Other references1

siberguvenlik.gov.tr

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2024-28736	High	7.1	2.5%	-	-
CVE-2019-10921	High	7.5	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-16714	Critical	9.8	2.4%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-26165	High	8.8	1.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8183	High	7.5	1.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-6961	Critical	10.0	1.6%	-	-

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2023-6518?

Upgrade mia-med to 1.0.7 or later.

Is CVE-2023-6518 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2023-6518 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.45% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 37% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2023-6518?

CVE-2023-6518 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2023-6518 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for mia-med (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-20.