Cyclope Employee Surveillance RCE via SQL Injection
CVE-2012-10047 Published on August 8, 2025
Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution v6.x SQL Injection
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2012-10047 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. An automatable proof of concept (POC) exploit exists. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a SQL Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component.
CVE-2012-10047 has been classified to as a SQL Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2012-10047
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Affected Versions
Cyclope-Series Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution Version 6.0 is affected by CVE-2012-10047Exploit Probability
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