What is CVE-2023-5514?

CVE-2023-5514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Esoms, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-11-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-5514?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Hitachi Energy Esoms

CVE-2023-5514

The response messages received from the eSOMS report generation using certain parameter queries with full file path can be abused for enumerating the local file system structure.

Published 2023-11-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hitachi Energy Esoms — versions 6.0
Hitachienergy Esoms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-209 — Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

References

publisher.hitachienergy.com/preview (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5514?: CVE-2023-5514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hitachi Energy Esoms, classified under Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-11-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-5514?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.