CVE-2023-38353
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMiniTool Power Data Recovery version 11.6 and before contains an insecure in-app payment system that allows attackers to steal highly sensitive information through a man in the middle attack.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMiniTool Power Data Recovery version 11.6 and before contains an insecure in-app payment system that transmits sensitive payment data without proper encryption or certificate validation, allowing attackers on the same network to intercept and steal sensitive information through a man-in-the-middle attack.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 11.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed MiniTool Power Data Recovery versionOpen the application, go to Help > About, or check Programs and Features in Control Panel for the version numberAffected if The version listed is 11.6 or lower (any version up to and including 11.6)
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Confirm in-app payment feature usageLook for payment-related options within the application interface, such as license purchase, upgrade prompts, or payment windows that appear during product activationAffected if The in-app payment or licensing feature has been accessed or attempted on the system
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Check for payment-related network activityUse network monitoring tools (such as Wireshark, netstat, or Windows Event Viewer) to observe if payment data was transmitted to the vendor server without HTTPS or SSL/TLS encryptionAffected if Unencrypted HTTP traffic was observed during payment transactions on port 80 instead of secure port 443
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Review browser or application logsCheck application logs in the installation directory or user AppData folder for any payment-related HTTP requests that lack encryption indicatorsAffected if Logs show payment data being sent over unencrypted channels
You are affected if MiniTool Power Data Recovery version 11.6 or lower is installed AND the in-app payment feature was used while on a network where attackers could intercept traffic.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUntil the vendor releases a patch, users should avoid using the in-app payment system. The vendor must implement proper TLS/SSL encryption with certificate validation and consider adding certificate pinning to prevent MITM attacks.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-38353 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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