CVE-2016-20028

medium

Description

ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by tricking logged-in users into visiting malicious websites. Attackers can craft HTTP requests that add superadmin accounts without validity checks, enabling unauthorized administrative access when authenticated users visit attacker-controlled pages.

References

https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5364.php

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zkteco-zkbiosecurity-cross-site-request-forgery-superadmin

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40325/

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138569

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116477

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2016080268

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-16

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017