Vulnerability · Published Aug 13, 2025 · Assigned by CERT-In

CVE-2025-54464Cleartext Storage Vulnerability in ZKTeco WL20

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in WL20 Biometric Attendance System from ZKTeco Co. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 0% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)<0.1%top 99.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This vulnerability exists in ZKTeco WL20 due to storage of admin and user credentials without encryption in the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the firmware and reverse engineer the binary data to access the unencrypted credentials stored in the firmware of targeted device.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
ZKTeco Co	WL20 Biometric Attendance System	<=ZLM31-FXO1-3.1.8

Weakness: CWE-312 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=PUBVLNOTES01&VLCODE=CIVN-2025-0172 third-party-advisory
https://www.zkteco.com/en/Security_Bulletinsibs/20 vendor-advisory