CVE-2012-5520: Openvas Manager

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The send_to_sourcefire function in manage_sql.c in OpenVAS Manager 3.x before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the (1) IP address or (2) port number field in an OMP request.

Affected products

• Openvas Openvas Manager: version 3.0 only; version 3.0.0 only; version 3.0.1 only; version 3.0.2 only; version 3.0.3 only

Published 2012-11-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.