Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-11049

Zkteco Zkbio Time 9.0.1

Published
10 November 2024
Modified
23 November 2024
CVSS Score v4 6.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0042 35th percentile
Risk Priority 31 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2024-11049 is a medium-severity Forced Browsing (CWE-425) vulnerability in Zkteco Zkbio Time. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ZKTeco ZKBio Time 9.0.1. Affected is an unknown function of the file /auth_files/photo/ of the component Image File Handler. The manipulation leads to direct request. It is possible to launch the…

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attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

CWE(s)
CWE-425

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2023-1682Shared CWE-425
CVE-2024-7753Shared CWE-425
CVE-2025-27581Shared CWE-425
CVE-2025-52920Shared CWE-425
CVE-2024-0456Shared CWE-425
CVE-2026-34028Shared CWE-425
CVE-2024-35428Same vendor: Zkteco
CVE-2023-44320Shared CWE-425
CVE-2023-3792Shared CWE-425
CVE-2025-59797Shared CWE-425

Affected Assets

zkteco
zkbio time
9.0.1

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

AC-3 directly requires enforcement of authorizations for access to resources such as URLs, scripts, and files, structurally preventing forced browsing.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions good match

AC-24 requires that access-control decisions be applied to every request, addressing the missing enforcement on restricted URLs.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

AC-6 requires restricting authorizations to the minimum needed, reducing the set of resources that must be protected against direct requests.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Directly requires policy-driven definition, enforcement, and review of authorizations on resources such as URLs.

PR.IR-01 mostly match
prevents

Protects environments from unauthorized logical access, which includes preventing direct requests to restricted paths.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing can detect forced-browsing flaws, but the control itself does not prevent them in production.

A.8.3 Information access restriction mostly match
prevents

Information access restriction implements the technical enforcement that directly blocks unauthorized direct requests.

A.5.15 Access control partial match
prevents

Access control policy directly requires authorization checks on all resources, preventing forced browsing.

A.5.18 Access rights partial match
degrades

Managing access rights ensures every URL/script/file is explicitly authorized, mitigating direct request attacks.

A.8.2 Privileged access rights partial match
degrades

Privileged access rights control enforces least-privilege checks on restricted endpoints.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC can include authorization design, yet the control itself does not guarantee runtime enforcement.

References