THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-12031
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-12031

Intelligent Power Manager vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
17.3%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Local file inclusion in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager v1.6 allows an attacker to include a file via server/node_upgrade_srv.js directory traversal with the firmware parameter in a downloadFirmware action.
Affected vendor
Eaton
Affected product
Intelligent Power Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-06-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 17.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-12031

  • Confirm whether Eaton Intelligent Power Manager is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-12031.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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