CVE-2023-5960: An improper privilege management vulnerability in the hotspot feature of the Zyxel USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.50 through 5.37 and VPN series firmware…

PriorityP425medium5.5CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.22%

12.3th percentile

An improper privilege management vulnerability in the hotspot feature of the Zyxel USG FLEX series firmware versions 4.50 through 5.37 and VPN series firmware versions 4.30 through 5.37 could allow an authenticated local attacker to access the system files on an affected device.

Affected

4 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
zyxel	usg_flex_series_firmware	—	—
zyxel	vpn_series_firmware	—	—
zyxel	zld	4.30 – 5.37	—
zyxel	zld	4.50 – 5.37	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

osv7.5HIGH

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