What is CVE-2023-47611?

CVE-2023-47611 is a high-severity vulnerability in Telit Bgs5, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2023-47611?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Telit Bgs5

CVE-2023-47611

A CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management vulnerability exists in Telit Cinterion BGS5, Telit Cinterion EHS5/6/8, Telit Cinterion PDS5/6/8, Telit Cinterion ELS61/81, Telit Cinterion PLS62 that could allow a local, low privileged attacker to elevate privileges to "manufacturer" level on the targeted system.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2023-11-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 10th percentile — 10.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

ics-cert.kaspersky.com/advisories/2023/11/08/klcert-22-216-telit-cinterion-thal… (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-47611?: CVE-2023-47611 is a high-severity vulnerability in Telit Bgs5, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2023-47611?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.