FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote SSH Root Access

published 2025-12-24 10 mo ago modified 2026-07-15 3 mo ago also EUVD-2025-205313

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 10 mo ago (2025-12-24)

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
zeroscience.mk https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

iWT Ltd. FaceSentry Access Control System

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/47067
exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
zeroscience.mk /en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php
third-party-advisory, exploit
iwt.com.hk
product

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-25241
NVD CVE-2019-25241

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Summary