CVE-2020-21999
iWT Ltd FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 suffers from an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability using default credentials.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
iWT Ltd FaceSentry Access Control System 6.4.8 suffers from an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability using default credentials. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands as the root user via the 'strInIP' POST parameter in pingTest PHP script.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.24% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- iwt/facesentry access control system firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47066Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5525.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47066Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2019-5525.phpExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.