6.7

CVE-2022-45853: zyxel gs1900-10hp_firmware Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 6.7v3.1MediumModified
Published 30-05-2023Last modified 10-01-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45853 is a medium (CVSS 6.7) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in zyxel gs1900-10hp_firmware. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
27/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-05-2023
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 10-01-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The privilege escalation vulnerability in the Zyxel GS1900-8 firmware version V2.70(AAHH.3) and the GS1900-8HP firmware version V2.70(AAHI.3) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrator privileges to execute some system commands as 'root' on a vulnerable device via SSH.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Zyxel12 products

1 vendor · 12 products

References

1 links