An issue in ZKTeco BioTime v.8.5.4 and before allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Priority HIGH 72CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
An issue in ZKTeco BioTime v.8.5.4 and before allows a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00732 54th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-51142
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fm53-2cx3-crw3
References
More ZKTeco Biotime vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-20210 A path traversal vulnerability in the iclock API of ZKTeco BioTime v8.5.5 allows… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-20211 ZKTeco BioTime 8.5.5 through 9.x before 9.0.1 (20240617.19506) allows authenticated… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20212 Insecure access control in ZKTeco BioTime through 9.0.1 allows authenticated attackers to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-12975 ZKTeco BioTime default password CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2022-18297 Zkteco BioTime < 8.5.3 Build:20200816.447 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2022-12673 ZKTeco BioTime 8.5.4 is missing authentication on folders containing employee photos… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2023-51142 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-51142 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fm53-2cx3-crw3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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