What is CVE-2021-23281?

CVE-2021-23281 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2021-04-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-23281?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

RCE in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager

CVE-2021-23281

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability. IPM software does not sanitize the date provided via coverterCheckList action in meta_driver_srv.js class. Attackers can send a specially crafted packet to make IPM connect to rouge SNMP server and execute attacker-controlled code.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.022 (81.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Eaton Intelligent_power_manager
Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (Ipm) — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

CybersecurityCOE@eaton.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23281?: CVE-2021-23281 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2021-04-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-23281?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.