PT-2025-32982 · Zkteco · Zkteco Wl20

CVE-2025-55280 · Published 2025-08-13 · Updated 2025-08-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

5.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: ZKTeco WL20 (affected versions not specified)

Description: The device stores Wi-Fi credentials, configuration data, and system data in plaintext within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access can extract the firmware and reverse engineer the binary data to access the sensitive information. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized network access and retrieve or manipulate data on the targeted device.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-312

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-55280

Affected Products

Zkteco Wl20

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55280 · Security Note
• https://cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2025-0172 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1955658256237355277 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1955616198613209419 · Twitter Post