Information Disclosure Vulnerability in ZKTeco WL20
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-55280
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7xr8-3rww-649w
References
More ZKTeco 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-2025-28829 Hard-coded credentials in ZKTeco ZKBio CVSecurity CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-24297 ZKTeco ZKBio CVSecurity v6.1.1 was discovered to contain a hardcoded cryptographic key. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- 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-2016-09202 ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 Hardcoded Credentials Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2016-09200 ZKTeco ZKTime.Net 3.0.1.6 Insecure File Permissions Privilege Escalation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-55280 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-55280 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7xr8-3rww-649w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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