CVE-2019-25241

critical · 9.8

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 contains a critical authentication vulnerability with hard-coded SSH credentials for the wwwuser account. Attackers can leverage the insecure sudoers configuration to escalate privileges and gain root access by executing sudo commands without authentication.

9.8

CVSS

0.7%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

53rd

EPSS percentile

2025-12-24

Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-798

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
iwt	facesentry_access_control_system_firmware	5.7.0
iwt	facesentry_access_control_system	all versions
iwt	facesentry_access_control_system_firmware	5.7.2
iwt	facesentry_access_control_system	all versions
iwt	facesentry_access_control_system_firmware	6.4.8
iwt	facesentry_access_control_system	all versions

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References

http://www.iwt.com.hk
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2019-25241