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CVE-2021-23283

Security issues in Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP)

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 44th percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.15.2MediumEPSS percentile44th0.5% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix2 products2 fixed builds listed below

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CSAF

NVD CVE.org

What to do

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  • Eaton Intelligent Power ProtectorAffected: ≥ unspecified, < 1.69 release 166Upgrade to: 1.69 release 166Stated by: CVE record
  • Eaton Intelligent Power ProtectorAffected: < 1.69Upgrade to: 1.69Stated by: NVD

Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in

What it is

From the CVE record

Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) prior to version 1.69 is vulnerable to stored Cross Site Scripting. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user input and improper encoding of the output for certain resources within the IPP software.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS44th
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.5% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 44th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 947 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablerecord updated
  2. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Scored 5.2 by NVD.

How it is reached

  • Attack Vector AdjacentRequires access to the local network (e.g. same Wi-Fi, Bluetooth)
  • Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
  • Privileges Required HighRequires admin or elevated privileges
  • User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

  • Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
  • Integrity LowData modification is possible but limited in scope or consequence
  • Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

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