RCE in Iwt Facesentry Access Control System

CVE-2020-21999

iWT Ltd FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 suffers from an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability using default credentials. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands as the root user via the 'strInIP' POST parameter in pingTest PHP script.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.052 (91.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-21999?
CVE-2020-21999 is a high-severity vulnerability in Iwt Facesentry Access Control System, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2020-21999?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.