Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
5.2
XSS
AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.70 is vulnerable to stored Cross site scripting. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of input from certain resources by the IPM software. The attacker would need access to the local Subnet and an administrator interaction to compromise the system

Remedy

Eaton has patched these security issues and an updated version (v1.70) of the IPM v1 software has been released.
First published (updated )
Severity
4.8
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager Infrastructure (IPM Infrastructure) version 1.5.0plus205 and all prior versions are vulnerable to reflected Cross-site Scripting vulnerability. This issue affects: Eaton Intelligent Power Manager Infrastructure (IPM Infrastructure) all version 1.5.0plus205 and prior versions.

Remedy

The product has reached its End Of Life, the notification has been posted at: Lifecycle Notification: The transition to IPM Monitor Edition is in progress. Refer the Product page for further details.
First published (updated )
Severity
5.6
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Remedy

Eaton has patched these security issues and new versions of the affected software are released. The latest versions can be downloaded from below location: - Eaton IPM v1.70 – https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us/digital/brightlayer/brightlayer-data-centers-suite/disaster-avoidance-software.html
First published (updated )
Severity
9.9
Malicious File Upload
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Remedy

upgrade the software to latest version 1.69
First published (updated )
Severity
10
Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to unauthenticated eval injection vulnerability. The software does not neutralize code syntax from users before using in the dynamic evaluation call in loadUserFile function under scripts/libs/utils.js. Successful exploitation can allow attackers to control the input to the function and execute attacker controlled commands.

Remedy

upgrade the software to latest version 1.69
First published (updated )
Severity
10
Code Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 metadriversrv.js class. Attackers can send a specially crafted packet to make IPM connect to rouge SNMP server and execute attacker-controlled code.

Remedy

upgrade the software to latest version 1.69
First published (updated )
Severity
10
Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to unauthenticated arbitrary file delete vulnerability induced due to improper input validation in metadriversrv.js class with saveDriverData action using invalidated driverID. An attacker can send specially crafted packets to delete the files on the system where IPM software is installed.

Remedy

upgrade the software to latest version 1.69
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
SQL Injection
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to authenticated SQL injection. A malicious user can send a specially crafted packet to exploit the vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow attackers to add users in the data base.

Remedy

upgrade the software to latest version 1.69
First published (updated )
Severity
9.6
Input Validation
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to authenticated arbitrary file delete vulnerability induced due to improper input validation at server/mapssrv.js with action removeBackground and server/nodeupgradesrv.js with action removeFirmware. An attacker can send specially crafted packets to delete the files on the system where IPM software is installed.

Remedy

upgrade the software to latest version 1.69
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Input Validation, OS Command Injection, Command Injection
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Improper Input Validation in Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) v 1.67 & prior on file name during configuration file import functionality allows attackers to perform command injection or code execution via specially crafted file names while uploading the configuration file in the application.

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Remedy

Update the software to latest version 1.68.
First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) v1.67 & prior allow non-admin users to upload the system configuration files by sending specially crafted requests. This can result in non-admin users manipulating the system configurations via uploading the configurations with incorrect parameters.

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Remedy

Upgrade to the latest version 1.68 available on eaton.com
First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Path Traversal
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Local file inclusion in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager v1.6 allows an attacker to include a file via server/nodeupgradesrv.js directory traversal with the firmware parameter in a downloadFirmware action.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Eaton Intelligent Power Manager. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the mc2 binary. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user privileges prior to performing privileged actions. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from non-admin users.

Advisory
ZDI-20-650
Severity
7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Eaton Intelligent Power Manager. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the mc2 binary. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user privileges prior to performing privileged actions. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from non-admin users.

Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Eaton Intelligent Power Manager. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within systemsrv.js. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root on Linux or SYSTEM on Windows.

Advisory
ZDI-20-649
Severity
8.8
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Eaton Intelligent Power Manager. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within systemsrv.js. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root on Linux or SYSTEM on Windows.

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