CVE-2016-20027 (GCVE-0-2016-20027)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-15 13:35 – Updated: 2026-05-24 01:36
VLAI
Title
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 Multiple Reflected XSS Vulnerabilities
Summary
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.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
6.1 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ZKTeco Inc. ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity Affected: 3.0.1.0_R_230
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Date Public
2016-08-30 00:00
Credits
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
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