What is CVE-2012-10040?

CVE-2012-10040 is a vulnerability in Openfiler, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2025-08-11.

Is CVE-2012-10040 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Openfiler

CVE-2012-10040

Openfiler v2.x contains a command injection vulnerability in the system.html page. The device parameter is used to instantiate a NetworkCard object, whose constructor in network.inc calls exec() with unsanitized input. An authenticated att…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.563 (98.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Openfiler — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/l… (exploit)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21191 (exploit)
www.openfiler.com/ (product)
sourceforge.net/projects/openfiler/ (product)
web.archive.org/web/20210922060411/https://itsecuritysolutions.org/2012-09-06-O… (technical-description, exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-10040?: CVE-2012-10040 is a vulnerability in Openfiler, classified under OS Command Injection. Published 2025-08-11.
Is CVE-2012-10040 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.