CVE-2012-0262

Exp

op5config/welcome in system-op5config before 2.0.3 in op5 Monitor and op5 Appliance before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the password parameter.

Published: 2013-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-0262 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 90.00%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-0262

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
41687 exploit_db edb 2015-01-05 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0262

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-18 90.75% 90.00% -0.76%
2 2026-03-03 91.15% 90.75% -0.39%
3 2025-03-17 91.15%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0262

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0262

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0262

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
op5 monitor <= 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
op5 monitor 5.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
op5 monitor 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
op5 monitor 5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
op5 monitor 5.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
op5 system-op5config <= 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:op5:system-op5config:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0262

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