CVE-2016-20028 | THREATINT

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-15 | Published 2026-03-15 | Updated 2026-03-16 | Assigner VulnCheck

MEDIUM: 5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

MEDIUM: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Problem types

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Product status

3.0.1.0_R_230

affected

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab finder

References

www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5364.php (Zero Science Lab Disclosure) third-party-advisory

cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2016080268 (CXSecurity) third-party-advisory

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/116477 (IBM X-Force Exchange) vdb-entry

packetstormsecurity.com/files/138569 (Packet Storm Security) exploit

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40325/ (Reference) exploit

www.vulncheck.com/...y-cross-site-request-forgery-superadmin (VulnCheck Advisory: ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery Superadmin) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2016-20028)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2016-20028)

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