What is CVE-2023-48861?

CVE-2023-48861 is a high-severity vulnerability in Baidu Ttplayer, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-48861?

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

Vulnerability in Baidu Ttplayer

CVE-2023-48861

DLL hijacking vulnerability in TTplayer version 7.0.2, allows local attackers to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code via urlmon.dll.

Published 2023-12-07 · 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: 0.003 (21.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Baidu Ttplayer — versions 7.0.2
Microsoft Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

github.com/xieqiang11/POC4/blob/main/README.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-48861?: CVE-2023-48861 is a high-severity vulnerability in Baidu Ttplayer, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-48861?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.