CVE-2016-20030 (GCVE-0-2016-20030)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-15 13:35 – Updated: 2026-03-15 13:35
VLAI?
Title
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 User Enumeration via authLoginAction
Summary
ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity 3.0 contains a user enumeration vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to discover valid usernames by submitting partial characters via the username parameter. Attackers can send requests to the authLoginAction!login.do script with varying username inputs to enumerate valid user accounts based on application responses.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-551 - Incorrect Behavior Order: Authorization Before Parsing and Canonicalization
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZKTeco Inc. | ZKTeco ZKBioSecurity |
Affected:
3.0.1.0_R_230
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Date Public ?
2016-08-31 00:00
Credits
LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab
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