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.
History

Wed, 13 Aug 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 Aug 2025 11:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title Cleartext Storage Vulnerability in ZKTeco WL20
Weaknesses CWE-312
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CERT-In

Published: 2025-08-13T11:12:16.853Z

Updated: 2025-08-13T13:10:37.654Z

Reserved: 2025-07-22T08:56:34.298Z

Link: CVE-2025-54464

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-13T13:10:34.565Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-13T12:15:25.927

Modified: 2025-08-13T17:33:46.673

Link: CVE-2025-54464

cve-icon Redhat

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