CVE-2025-55280
MEDIUMZKTeco WL20 Biometric Attendance System <= ZLM31-FXO1-3.1.8 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Firmware
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Various Sources third-party-advisory
https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2025-0172
Scores
CVSS v4
5.2
EPSS
0.0012
EPSS Percentile
2.4%
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
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-312
Status
published
Products (1)
ZKTeco Co/WL20 Biometric Attendance System
<=ZLM31-FXO1-3.1.8
Published
Aug 13, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026