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critical 10.0

CVE-2012-0262 in the critical feed json

op5config/welcome in system-op5config before 2.0.3 in op5 Monitor and op5 Appliance before 5.5.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitra…

published 2013-12-31 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0298

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
72.9%
EPSS 72.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/http/op5_welcome)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

72.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/http/op5_welcome OP5 welcome Remote Command Execution metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2012-01-05
  • EDB-41687 OP5 5.3.5/5.4.0/5.4.2/5.5.0/5.5.1 - 'welcome' Remote Command Execution (Metasploit) webapps, 2015-01-05
  • ekelow.se http://www.ekelow.se/file_uploads/Advisories/ekelow-aid-2012-01.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.