Sinapsi eSolar OS Command Injection

published 2012-11-23 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5741

cvss: 10.0; version 2.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 24.8%; EPSS 24.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 1; Exploit-DB

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.

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

24.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% 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-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/80202
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2012-5863
NVD CVE-2012-5863

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