PatchSiren cyber security CVE debrief
CVE-2012-10047 Cyclope-Series CVE debrief
Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution 6.x contains a critical SQL injection vulnerability in its authentication mechanism. The username parameter in the auth-login POST request lacks proper input sanitization, enabling attackers to inject arbitrary SQL statements. This vulnerability can be chained to write and execute a malicious PHP file on the target system, resulting in remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges. The CVSS 4.0 vector indicates network attack vector with low attack complexity, no privileges required, and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability status is currently Deferred in the NVD.
- Vendor
- Cyclope-Series
- Product
- Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution
- CVSS
- CRITICAL 10
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in stored evidence
- Original CVE published
- 2025-08-08
- Original CVE updated
- 2026-05-26
- Advisory published
- 2025-08-08
- Advisory updated
- 2026-05-26
Who should care
Organizations running Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution 6.x, security operations centers monitoring legacy employee monitoring software, and incident response teams investigating potential compromises of surveillance infrastructure.
Technical summary
The vulnerability exists in the auth-login endpoint where the username parameter is concatenated directly into SQL queries without sanitization. Attackers can use stacked queries or UNION-based techniques to write arbitrary PHP files to the web root via database file export functions or similar capabilities. Once written, these files can be accessed via HTTP requests to execute arbitrary commands under the SYSTEM account context used by the application service.
Defensive priority
CRITICAL
Recommended defensive actions
- Immediately restrict network access to Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution 6.x web interfaces
- Apply input validation and parameterized queries to the auth-login username parameter
- Deploy web application firewall rules to detect and block SQL injection attempts against login endpoints
- Monitor for anomalous PHP file creation in web-accessible directories
- Review and rotate credentials if compromise is suspected
- Contact vendor for patch availability or upgrade to a non-vulnerable version
Evidence notes
Vulnerability affects Cyclope Employee Surveillance Solution versions 6.x. SQL injection point identified in auth-login POST request username parameter. Exploitation enables PHP file write and SYSTEM-level code execution. CVSS 4.0 score of 10.0 reflects maximum severity. NVD status is Deferred.
Official resources
Disclosed 2025-08-08 via NVD with references to exploit-db and VulnCheck advisory.