CVE-2025-54464
Cleartext Storage Vulnerability in ZKTeco WL20
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.0 High
- Published
- Aug 13, 2025
- Updated
- Aug 13, 2025
- Reserved
- Jul 22, 2025
Description
This vulnerability exists in ZKTeco WL20 due to storage of admin and user credentials without encryption in 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 unencrypted credentials stored in the firmware of targeted device.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.0 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | CERT-In |
Weaknesses
- CWE-312 Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WL20 Biometric Attendance SystemZKTeco Co |
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References
- https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2025-0172third-party-advisory
- https://www.zkteco.com/en/Security_Bulletinsibs/20vendor-advisory
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