Vulnerabilites related to Cyclope-Series - Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution
CVE-2012-10047 (GCVE-0-2012-10047)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-08 18:10
Modified
2025-08-08 18:59
CWE
  • CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
Summary
Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution versions 6.x is 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.
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