CVE-2023-38950

7.5 HIGH CISA KEV - Actively Exploited

Published: August 03, 2023 Modified: November 07, 2025

Description

A path traversal vulnerability in the iclock API of ZKTeco BioTime v8.5.5 allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files via supplying a crafted payload. This vulnerability was fixed in version 9.0.120240617.19506 of ZKBioTime.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://zkteco.com

Source: cve@mitre.org

Product

https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://zkteco.com

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Product

https://claroty.com/team82/disclosure-dashboard/cve-2023-38950

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=PACKETSTORM:177859

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Exploit

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-38950

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

US Government Resource

https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/reports/report-incident-response-middle-east.pdf

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Technical Description

7 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

80.8%

99th percentile

Exploitation Status

Actively Exploited

Remediation due: 2025-06-09

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22 CWE-22

Affected Vendors

zkteco

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