CVE-2012-5862 | Sinapsi eSolar Hard-Coded Password

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These Sinapsi devices store hard-coded passwords in the PHP file of the device. By using the hard-coded passwords in the device, attackers can log into the device with administrative privileges. This could allow the attacker to have unauthorized access.

Published: 2012-11-23 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5862 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.95%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2012-5862

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21273 exploit_db edb 2012-09-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-5862

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 2026-06-15 18.26% 11.95% -6.31%
2 2026-02-17 18.80% 18.26% -0.54%
3 2025-11-27 18.80%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5862

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]
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-2012-5862

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5862

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sinapsitech sinapsi_firmware <= 2.0.2870 cpe:2.3:o:sinapsitech:sinapsi_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinapsitech esolar_duo_photovoltaic_system_monitor cpe:2.3:h:sinapsitech:esolar_duo_photovoltaic_system_monitor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinapsitech esolar_light_photovoltaic_system_monitor cpe:2.3:h:sinapsitech:esolar_light_photovoltaic_system_monitor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sinapsitech esolar_photovoltaic_system_monitor cpe:2.3:h:sinapsitech:esolar_photovoltaic_system_monitor:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-5862

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