CVE-2021-23281 json
Remote Code execution
published 2021-04-13 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-10376
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.3%
- EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM) 1.69
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSA-21-110-06 updated cvss 8.3
Eaton Intelligent Power Manager
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Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) < 1.69 Eaton Intelligent Power Manager Virtual Appliance (IPM VA) < 1.69 Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) < 1.68affected: mitigation “Eaton IPM v1.69: Download | IPM | Eaton” eaton.com
From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM)
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2021-23281
- NVD CVE-2021-23281
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