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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
http://www.iwt.com.hk	Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:5.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:h:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-12-24 20:15

Updated : 2025-12-31 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2019-25241

Mitre link : CVE-2019-25241

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-25241

JSON object : View

Products Affected

iwt

facesentry_access_control_system
facesentry_access_control_system_firmware

CWE

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials

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