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ghsa-px84-m7h4-295j

Vulnerability from github

Published

2025-12-18 00:34

Modified

2025-12-18 00:34

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Details

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.

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CVE-2023-53908 (GCVE-0-2023-53908)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-12-17 22:44

Modified

2025-12-18 15:04

Severity ?

8.7 (High) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51537	exploit
	https://www.belden.com/products/industrial-networking-cybersecurity/software-solutions/device-software/hisecos-firewall-software	product
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/hisecos-privilege-escalation-via-user-role-modification	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Belden	HiSecOS	Version: 04.0.01

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