THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2021-23279
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2021-23279

Intelligent Power Manager vulnerability

CVSS
8.0
EPSS
27.1%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to unauthenticated arbitrary file delete vulnerability induced due to improper input validation in meta_driver_srv.js class with saveDriverData action using invalidated driverID. An attacker can send specially crafted packets to delete the files on the system where IPM software is installed.
Affected vendor
Eaton
Affected product
Intelligent Power Manager
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2021-04-13

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable from an adjacent network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 27.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2021-23279

  • 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-2021-23279.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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