CVE-2019-25241 | FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 contains a critical a… | CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Description

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2019-25241
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2025-12-24 14:27 UTC
Published: 2025-12-24 19:27 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-15 01:23 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-798
Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Vendor / Product: iWT Ltd. / FaceSentry Access Control System
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

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

SSVC — CISA Coordinator

Exploitation: PoC
Automatable: yes
Tech. Impact: total

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
iWT Ltd.	FaceSentry Access Control System	—	6.4.8 build 264, 5.7.2 build 568, 5.7.0 build 539

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-798	cna	Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
9.8	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References (3)

ExploitDB-47067 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067
Vendor Product Homepage http://www.iwt.com.hk
Zero Science Lab Disclosure (ZSL-2019-5526) https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php