CVE-2022-38803 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Zkteco	Biotime

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zkteco:biotime:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

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

History

Thu, 24 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-24T19:46:02.746Z

Reserved: 2022-08-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38803

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:14.610Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-30T14:15:10.907

Modified: 2025-04-24T20:15:23.970

Link: CVE-2022-38803

Redhat

No data.

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