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CVE-2023-53908: belden hisecos Improper Privilege Management

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
Published 17-12-2025Last modified 01-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-53908 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in belden hisecos. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
45/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HiSecOS 04.0.01 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify their access role through XML-based NETCONF configuration. Attackers can send crafted XML payloads to the /mops_data endpoint with a specific role value to elevate their user privileges to administrative level.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databasehardwareUnverified

    HiSecOS 04.0.01 - Privilege Escalation

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Belden1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links