CVE-2012-5863 | Sinapsi eSolar OS Command Injection

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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.

Published: 2012-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-5863 is rated High Exploit Risk (94/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 24.82%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.80% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-5863

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-2012-5863

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 20.02% 24.82% +4.80%
2 2026-06-06 19.76% 20.02% +0.26%
3 2026-06-01 19.76%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-5863

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-2012-5863

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-5863

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-2012-5863

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