Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-23287

Medium

Published: 01 April 2022

Published
01 April 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0029 52.9th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-23287 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager. Its CVSS base score is 5.6 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of input of certain resources within the IPM software. This issue affects: Intelligent Power Manager (IPM 1) versions prior to 1.70.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

eaton
intelligent power manager
≤ 1.70

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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