CVE-2016-20028
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery Superadmin
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Mar 15, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 15, 2026
Description
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious websites. Attackers can craft HTTP requests that add superadmin accounts without validity checks, enabling unauthorized administrative access when authenticated users visit attacker-controlled pages.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurityZKTeco Inc. |
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References
- Zero Science Lab Disclosurethird-party-advisory
- CXSecuritythird-party-advisory
- IBM X-Force Exchangevdb-entry
- Packet Storm Securityexploit
- Referenceexploit
- VulnCheck Advisory: ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery Superadminthird-party-advisory
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