Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23280

High

Published: 13 April 2021

Published
13 April 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0015 35.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23280 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager. Its CVSS base score is 8.0 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 35.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to authenticated arbitrary file upload vulnerability. IPM’s maps_srv.js allows an attacker to upload a malicious NodeJS file using uploadBackgroud action. An attacker can upload a malicious code or execute any…

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command using a specially crafted packet to exploit the vulnerability.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

eaton
intelligent power manager
≤ 1.69
eaton
intelligent power manager virtual appliance
≤ 1.69
eaton
intelligent power protector
≤ 1.68

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-434

Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.

addresses: CWE-434

Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.

addresses: CWE-434

Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.

addresses: CWE-434

Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.

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