What is CVE-2023-53773?

CVE-2023-53773 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minidvblinux, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-09.

How severe is CVE-2023-53773?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Minidvblinux

CVE-2023-53773

MiniDVBLinux 5.4 contains an unauthenticated vulnerability in the tv_action.sh script that allows remote attackers to generate live stream snapshots through the Simple VDR Protocol. Attackers can request /tpl/tv_action.sh to create and ret…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.005 (37.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Minidvblinux — versions <=5.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Product, product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53773?: CVE-2023-53773 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Minidvblinux, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2025-12-09.
How severe is CVE-2023-53773?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.