CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-23278
9.6 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-04-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.7 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.6 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to authenticated arbitrary file delete vulnerability induced due to improper input validation at server/maps_srv.js with action removeBackground and server/node_upgrade_srv.js with action removeFirmware. An attacker can send specially crafted packets to delete the files on the system where IPM software is installed.
Affected configurations
• eaton intelligent power manager (< 1.69)
• eaton intelligent power manager virtual appliance (< 1.69)
• eaton intelligent power protector (< 1.68)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/eaton-intelligent-power-manager-ipm-vulnerability-advisory.pdf Vendor Advisory
- https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/eaton-intelligent-power-manager-ipm-vulnerability-advisory.pdf Vendor Advisory