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CVE-2012-0262

84
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0262 is a critical remote command execution vulnerability affecting op5 Monitor and op5 Appliance versions prior to 5.5.3, specifically within the op5config/welcome component. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting shell metacharacters into the password parameter. With a CVSS score of 10.0 and an EPSS score of 0.91146, this vulnerability poses an extremely high risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is publicly available, though there is no indication of active exploitation in the wild or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:op5:monitor:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
72.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: OP5 welcome Remote Command Execution · Jan 5, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-41687 · Jan 5, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7285 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.op5.com / view.php
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2012/Jan/62
secunia.com / advisories/47417
Vendor Advisory
ekelow.se / file_uploads/Advisories/ekelow-aid-2012-01.pdf
Exploit
op5.com / news/support-news/fixed-vulnerabilities-op5-monitor-op5-appliance
osvdb.org / 78065