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CVE-2022-38803

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-11-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Zkteco BioTime < 8.5.3 Build:20200816.447 is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control via Leave, overtime, Manual log. An authenticated employee can read local files by exploiting XSS into a pdf generator when exporting data as a PDF

Affected products

• ZKTeco BioTime: before 8.5.4 — fixed in 8.5.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ZKTeco BioTime 8.5.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/hamoshwani/44653bfe7b8cc461692a2f074b1ef475
• https://www.zkteco.com/
• https://gist.github.com/hamoshwani/44653bfe7b8cc461692a2f074b1ef475
• https://www.zkteco.com/

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