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GHSA-7XR8-3RWW-649W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-13 12:31 – Updated: 2025-08-13 12:31

Details

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized network access, retrieve and manipulate data on the targeted device.

Severity

5.2 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2025-55280 (GCVE-0-2025-55280)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-13 11:38 – Updated: 2025-08-13 12:59

Title

Information Disclosure Vulnerability in ZKTeco WL20

Summary

This vulnerability exists in ZKTeco WL20 due to storage of Wi-Fi credentials, configuration data and system data in plaintext within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the firmware and reverse engineer the binary data to access the plaintext sensitive data stored in the targeted device. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized network access, retrieve and manipulate data on the targeted device.

Severity

5.2 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-08-13 12:59 UTC

CWE

CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Assigner

CERT-In mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ZKTeco Co	WL20 Biometric Attendance System	Affected: <=ZLM31-FXO1-3.1.8

Credits

This vulnerability is reported by Shravan Singh from Kavach IoT Security.

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