CVE-2019-25241

FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote SSH Root Access

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.

Affected

iWT Ltd. · FaceSentry Access Control System

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 54th percentile

Published

2025-12-24

Updated

2026-07-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067

Security advisories

• https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php
• http://www.iwt.com.hk

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry