What is CVE-2018-12031?

CVE-2018-12031 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2018-12031?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12031 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager

CVE-2018-12031

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.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.173 (96.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Eaton Intelligent_power_manager — versions 1.6
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12031?: CVE-2018-12031 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2018-12031?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12031 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.