What is CVE-2019-3753?

CVE-2019-3753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerconnect 7000, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-3753?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-3753 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerconnect 7000

CVE-2019-3753

Dell EMC PowerConnect 8024, 7000, M6348, M6220, M8024 and M8024-K running firmware versions prior to 5.1.15.2 contain a plain-text password storage vulnerability. TACACS\Radius credentials are stored in plain text in the system settings menu. An authenticated malicious user with access to the system settings menu may obtain the exposed password to use it in further attacks.

Published 2019-08-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (49.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

iAvoe/iAvoe

References

www.dell.com/support/article/sln318359/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3753?: CVE-2019-3753 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Powerconnect 7000, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-08-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-3753?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-3753 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.