{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5960 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-5960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zyxel USG FLEX series firmware, published on 28 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5960 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-5960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zyxel USG FLEX series firmware, published on 28 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5960 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Zyxel USG FLEX series firmware. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5960/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5960/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-5960","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5960/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-5960","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jqv4-rmqv-7747"],"analysis":{"component_type":"network_device","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Zyxel USG FLEX firmware","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated local attacker can exploit improper privilege management in the hotspot feature to access system files on Zyxel USG FLEX and VPN devices.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Zyxel","cpe":[{"product":"zld","vendor":"zyxel"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in USG FLEX series firmware","id":"CVE-2023-5960","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"ioLogik E1200 Series: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-5961"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Byzoro Smart S85F Management Platform login.php password recovery","id":"CVE-2023-5959"},"products":["USG FLEX series firmware","VPN series firmware"],"published":"2023-11-28","related":[{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Zyxel Multiple Firewalls Path Traversal","id":"CVE-2024-11667","kev_date_added":"2024-12-03","published":"2024-11-27"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Missing authorization in ATP series firmware","id":"CVE-2025-9133","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-21"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Command injection in ATP series firmware","id":"CVE-2024-42057","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-03"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Null dereference in ATP series firmware","id":"CVE-2024-42058","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-03"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Integer overflow in ATP series firmware","id":"CVE-2023-4398","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-11-28"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Command injection in ATP series firmware","id":"CVE-2025-8078","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-10-21"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Command injection in ATP series firmware","id":"CVE-2024-42059","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-03"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["Zyxel"]},"summary":"An authenticated local attacker can exploit improper privilege management in the hotspot feature to access system files on Zyxel USG FLEX and VPN devices.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5960/"}