Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity
Summary
Cross-site scripting in ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity (CVE-2016-20027). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-20027 has been found in ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.1/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity CVE-2016-20027" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-20027 (ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.1/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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Identify exposureidentify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Original description The description as published by the source.
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 contains multiple reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute arbitrary HTML and script code by injecting malicious payloads through unsanitized parameters in multiple scripts. Attackers can craft malicious URLs with XSS payloads in vulnerable parameters to execute scripts in a user's browser session within the context of the affected application.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD