VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2024-13966
ZKTeco BioTime allows unauthenticated attackers to enumerate usernames and log in as any user with a password unchanged from the default value '123456'.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
ZKTeco BioTime allows unauthenticated attackers to enumerate usernames and log in as any user with a password unchanged from the default value '123456'. Users should change their passwords (located under the Attendance Settings tab as "Self-Password").
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1393
- Affected
- zkteco/biotime
- Source
- 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
References
- https://krashconsulting.com/fury-of-fingers-biotime-rce/Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-148-01.jsonThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13966Third Party Advisory
- https://zkteco-store.ru/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZKBio-CVSecurity-6.0.0-User-Manual_EN-v1.0_20230616.pdfProduct
- https://www.zkteco.com/en/Security_Bulletinsibs/18Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.