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critical 10.0

CVE-2012-10047 json

Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution v6.x SQL Injection

published 2025-08-08 15 mo ago modified 2026-07-28 3 mo ago also EUVD-2012-6589

cvss
10.0
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
1
Metasploit

Summary

Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution versions 6.x are vulnerable to a SQL injection flaw in its login mechanism. The username parameter in the auth-login POST request is not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary SQL statements. This can be leveraged to write and execute a malicious PHP file on disk, resulting in remote code execution under the SYSTEM user context.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/http/cyclope_ess_sqli)
  2. Published

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
15 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/http/cyclope_ess_sqli Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution v6 SQL Injection metasploit exploit, excellent rank, 2012-08-08
  • raw.githubusercontent.com https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/cyclope_ess_sqli.rb referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20393 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • exploit-db.com https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20501 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 4.0 10.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

  • Cyclope-Series Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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