CVE-2024-13966 json
ZKTeco BioTime default password
published 2025-05-27 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-16361
- cvss
- 7.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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").
Patch / fix
- zkteco biotime 9.0.4
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa vex VA-25-148-01 updated cvss 7.3
ZKTeco BioTime multiple vulnerabilities
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ZKTeco BioTimeaffected: workaround “Change password in the Attendance Settings tab under "Self-Password".”
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 6.9 | CVSS: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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- ZKTeco BioTime
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-1393 Use of Default Password
References
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zkteco.com
/en/Security_Bulletinsibs/18
vendor-advisory
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krashconsulting.com
/fury-of-fingers-biotime-rce/
third-party-advisory
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zkteco-store.ru
/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZKBio-CVSecurity-6.0.0-User-Manual_EN-v1.0_20230616.pdf
product
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cve.org
/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13966
third-party-advisory
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raw.githubusercontent.com
/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-148-01.json
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-13966
- NVD CVE-2024-13966
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