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私に言われても is Indirect Passive (間接受身), and 私が言われても is Direct Passive (直接受身).

「（あなたが）私に言う」 (Active/能動) "You tell me."
→ Direct Passive: 「私が（あなたに）言われる」 "I am told (by you)."
→ Indirect Passive: 「（私が）（あなたに）私に*言われる」 "You tell me (and it affects me in some way)." This means "You do the action 私に言う (you tell me) and it affects me or I am suffered/annoyed, etc." _{*The に marks the indirect object of 言う.}

So... yes, that is a correct interpretation, and 「私に言われても（困る）...」 is actually more natural and more common than 「私が言われても...」 for saying "Even if I'm told / Even if you tell me (I can't do anything)..."

For more about Indirect Passive, you could refer to this thread: How to interpret indirect passives?

私に言われても is Suffering Passive (迷惑の受身), a kind of Indirect Passive Structure (間接受身構文), and 私が言われても is Direct Passive Structure (直接受身構文).

「（あなたが）私に言う」 (Active/能動) "You tell me."
→ Direct Passive: 「私が（あなたに）言われる」 "I am told (by you)."
→ Indirect Passive: 「（私が）（あなたに）私に*言われる」 "You tell me (and it affects me in some way)." This means "You do the action 私に言う (you tell me) and it affects me or I am suffered/annoyed, etc." _{*The に marks the indirect object of 言う.}

So... yes, that is a correct interpretation, and 「私に言われても（困る）...」 is actually far more natural and more common than 「私が言われても...」 for saying "Even if I'm told / Even if you tell me (I can't do anything)..."

For more about Indirect Passive, you could refer to:

• How to interpret indirect passives?
• 直接受身・間接受身・持ち主の受身の文法
• Wikipedia 間接受身ー迷惑の受身

私に言われても is Indirect Passive (間接受身), and 私が言われても is Direct Passive (直接受身).

「（あなたが）私に言う」 (Active/能動) "You tell me."
→ Direct Passive: 「私が（あなたに）言われる」 "I am told (by you)."
→ Indirect Passive: 「（あなたに）私に*言われる」 "You tell me (and it affects me in some way)." This means "You do the action 私に言う (you tell me) and it affects me or I am suffered/annoyed, etc." _{*The に marks the indirect object of 言う.}

For more about Indirect Passive, you could refer to this thread: How to interpret indirect passives?

私に言われても is Indirect Passive (間接受身), and 私が言われても is Direct Passive (直接受身).

「（あなたが）私に言う」 (Active/能動) "You tell me."
→ Direct Passive: 「私が（あなたに）言われる」 "I am told (by you)."
→ Indirect Passive: 「（私が）（あなたに）私に*言われる」 "You tell me (and it affects me in some way)." This means "You do the action 私に言う (you tell me) and it affects me or I am suffered/annoyed, etc." _{*The に marks the indirect object of 言う.}

So... yes, that is a correct interpretation, and 「私に言われても（困る）...」 is actually more natural and more common than 「私が言われても...」 for saying "Even if I'm told / Even if you tell me (I can't do anything)..."

For more about Indirect Passive, you could refer to this thread: How to interpret indirect passives?

私に言われても is Indirect Passive (間接受身), and 私が言われても is Direct Passive (直接受身).

「（あなたが）私に言う」 (Active/能動) "You tell me"
→ (Direct Passive)「私が（あなたに）言われる」 "I am told (by you)"
→ (Indirect Passive)「私に*（あなたに）言われる」 "You tell me (and it affects me in some way)" _{*the に marks the indirect object of 言う.}

私に言われても is Indirect Passive (間接受身), and 私が言われても is Direct Passive (直接受身).

「（あなたが）私に言う」 (Active/能動) "You tell me."
→ Direct Passive: 「私が（あなたに）言われる」 "I am told (by you)."
→ Indirect Passive: 「（あなたに）私に*言われる」 "You tell me (and it affects me in some way)." This means "You do the action 私に言う (you tell me) and it affects me or I am suffered/annoyed, etc." _{*The に marks the indirect object of 言う.}

For more about Indirect Passive, you could refer to this thread: How to interpret indirect passives?