Vulnerability in Iwt Facesentry Access Control System
CVE-2019-25241
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (52.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Iwt Facesentry Access Control System
- Iwt Facesentry Access Control System Firmware — versions 5.7.0, 5.7.2, 6.4.8
- Iwt Ltd. Facesentry Access Control System — versions 6.4.8 build 264, 5.7.2 build 568, 5.7.0 build 539
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ExploitDB-47067 (Exploit, exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- Vendor Product Homepage (Product, product)
- Zero Science Lab Disclosure (ZSL-2019-5526) (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-25241?
- CVE-2019-25241 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Iwt Facesentry Access Control System, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-24.
- How severe is CVE-2019-25241?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.