CVE-2022-38801

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Published Nov 30, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Zkteco BioTime < 8.5.3 Build:20200816.447, an employee can hijack an administrator session and cookies using blind cross-site scripting.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-41361	In Zkteco BioTime < 8.5.3 Build:20200816.447, an employee can hijack an administrator session and cookies using blind cross-site scripting.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.372% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/hamoshwani/5ac860dd6757440174f446c62b24653f
https://www.zkteco.com/

History

Apr 24, 2025 8:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Zkteco Biotime

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 24, 2025, 7:53 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 30, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 24, 2025, 7:53 PM
Reserved: Aug 29, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 11:02 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:57 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 30, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:57 AM

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