CVE-2012-5863
By accessing certain pages with administrative privileges that do not require authentication within the device, attackers can execute arbitrary, unexpected, or dangerous commands directly onto the operating system.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
These Sinapsi devices do not check for special elements in commands sent to the system. By accessing certain pages with administrative privileges that do not require authentication within the device, attackers can execute arbitrary, unexpected, or dangerous commands directly onto the operating system.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 24.82% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 12 September 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78, CWE-264
- Affected
- sinapsitech/sinapsi firmware · sinapsitech/esolar duo photovoltaic system monitor · sinapsitech/esolar light photovoltaic system monitor · sinapsitech/esolar photovoltaic system monitor
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 24.8% since 4 November 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.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0045.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21273/Exploit
- http://www.sinapsitech.it/default.asp?active_page_id=78&news_id=88
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80200
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-12-325-01
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0045.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21273/Exploit
- http://www.sinapsitech.it/default.asp?active_page_id=78&news_id=88
- http://www.us-cert.gov/control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-325-01.pdfUS Government Resource
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80202
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