Sinapsi eSolar Hard-Coded Password

published 2012-11-23 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5740

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 12.1%; EPSS 12.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3

Sinapsi eSolar 2.0.2870_xxx_2.2.12
Sinapsi eSolar DUO 2.0.2870_xxx_2.2.12
Sinapsi eSolar Light 2.0.2870_xxx_2.2.12

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSA-12-325-01 updated 2025-06-06 cvss 10.0

Sinapsi Devices Vulnerabilities

Sinapsi eSolar <2.0.2870_xxx_2.2.12 Sinapsi eSolar DUO <2.0.2870_xxx_2.2.12 Sinapsi eSolar Light <2.0.2870_xxx_2.2.12
affected: mitigation “Other affected vendors have been notified by Sinapsi and ICS-CERT, but the availability of new firmware upgrades are unknown by ICS-CERT at this time.”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Timeline

2012-09-12 First public exploit (EDB-21273)
2012-11-23 Published

Exploit prediction

12.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

EDB-21273 Ezylog Photovoltaic Management Server - Multiple Vulnerabilities webapps, 2012-09-12
archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0045.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

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

Affected products

Sinapsi eSolar
Sinapsi eSolar DUO
Sinapsi eSolar Light

Classification

Weakness

CWE-259 Use of Hard-coded Password
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

References

exploit-db.com /exploits/21273/
exploit
archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2012-09/0045.html
mailing-list, exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/80200
vdb-entry
cisa.gov /news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-12-325-01
sinapsitech.it /default.asp?active_page_id=78&news_id=88
us-cert.gov /control_systems/pdf/ICSA-12-325-01.pdf
us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2012-5862
NVD CVE-2012-5862

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.

Summary