CVE-2019-25241
FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 Remote SSH Root Access
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.8 Critical
- Published
- Dec 24, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 24, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.8 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
FaceSentry Access Control SystemiWT Ltd. |
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References
- ExploitDB-47067exploit
- Vendor Product Homepageproduct
- Zero Science Lab Disclosure (ZSL-2019-5526)third-party-advisory
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