CVE-2016-20028 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2016-20028

ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 Cross-Site Request Forgery Superadmin

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab

Affected Vendor

ZKTeco Inc.

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Affected Software

ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0.1.0_R_230

Timeline

Official Publish: March 15th, 2026
Last Modified: June 8th, 2026
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)