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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Iwt
  • Facesentry Access Control System
  • Facesentry Access Control System Firmware

Configuration 1 [-]

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 [-]

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 [-]

AND
cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References
Link Providers
http://www.iwt.com.hk cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X'}

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

 cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X'}

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Iwt facesentry Access Control System Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:5.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:iwt:facesentry_access_control_system_firmware:6.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Iwt facesentry Access Control System Firmware

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Iwt
Iwt facesentry Access Control System
Vendors & Products Iwt
Iwt facesentry Access Control System

Wed, 24 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote SSH Root Access
Weaknesses CWE-798
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-31T13:57:16.676Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T14:27:12.476Z

Link: CVE-2019-25241

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-24T20:04:23.386Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-12-24T20:15:51.993

Modified: 2025-12-31T14:15:50.723

Link: CVE-2019-25241

cve-icon Redhat

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