CVE-2025-54465CWE-798

Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability in ZKTeco WL20

Medium · published August 13, 2025

CVSS v4.0
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

This vulnerability exists in ZKTeco WL20 due to hard-coded MQTT credentials and endpoints stored in plaintext within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability by extracting the firmware and analyzing the binary data to retrieve the hard-coded MQTT credentials and endpoints from the targeted device.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow the attacker to gain unauthorized access to the MQTT broker and manipulate the communications of the targeted device.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00188 · 8.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-798 · Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2025-08-13T11:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 11:17Z
    Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability in ZKTeco WL20
    cvelistv5