Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-53691

High

Published: 22 October 2025

Published
22 October 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0010 27.1th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-53691 is a high-severity Path Traversal: '../filedir' (CWE-24) vulnerability in Zhihu (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.3 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 27.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Hikvision CSMP (Comprehensive Security Management Platform) iSecure Center through 2023-06-25 allows file upload via /center/api/files directory traversal, as exploited in the wild in 2024 and 2025.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Zhihu
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References