CVE-2019-25241

CRITICAL 9.8

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote SSH Root Access

CVSS Score

9.8

EPSS Score

0.0%

EPSS Percentile

0th

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.

CWE	CWE-798
Vendor	iwt ltd.
Product	facesentry access control system
Published	Dec 24, 2025
Last Updated	Jul 15, 2026

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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Affected Versions

iWT Ltd. / FaceSentry Access Control System

6.4.8 build 264 5.7.2 build 568 5.7.0 build 539

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗

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

Credits

LiquidWorm as Gjoko Krstic of Zero Science Lab