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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-25241 · published 24 December 2025

CVE-2019-25241: Iwt facesentry access control system firmware hard-coded credentials vulnerability

Iwt · Facesentry Access Control System Firmware

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.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 0.74% · top 47.4% CWE-798 · Hard-coded credentials
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.74%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 3 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.iwt.com.hk Product
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47067 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5526.php ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-25241), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.