# CVE-2012-5863: Sinapsi eSolar OS Command Injection

> Attackers with administrative access can execute arbitrary OS commands on Sinapsi eSolar devices due to lack of input validation.

- **Severity:** Critical 10.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2012
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-44xp-g462-97fp

## What is CVE-2012-5863?

CVE-2012-5863 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Sinapsi eSolar, published on 23 Nov 2012. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-264, CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5863?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Sinapsitech Esolar Duo Photovoltaic System Monitor, Sinapsitech Esolar Light Photovoltaic System Monitor, Sinapsitech Esolar Photovoltaic System Monitor, Sinapsitech Sinapsi Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-5863?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5863 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-5863 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5863 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Ezylog Photovoltaic Management Server - Multiple Vulnerabilities (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Sinapsi eSolar

- [CVE-2012-5862](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5862/): Sinapsi eSolar Hard-Coded Password (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-5864](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5864/): Sinapsi eSolar Improper Authentication (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2012-5861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5861/): Sinapsi eSolar SQL Injection (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-5863 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-5863 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Sinapsi eSolar, published on 23 Nov 2012. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5863 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sinapsi eSolar. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5863/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5863/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5863
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5863
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5863

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