Authenticated code execution via malicious NodeJS upload
Published Apr 13, 2021 · Updated Sep 16, 2024
Unrestricted file upload in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager before 1.69 allows remote authenticated users to execute commands. The maps_srv.js uploadBackgroud action accepts a malicious NodeJS file and places executable attacker-controlled code on the server. Valid IPM credentials and network access to the service are required; successful exploitation grants command execution with the service's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager before 1.69 allows remote authenticated users to execute commands. The maps_srv.js uploadBackgroud action accepts a malicious NodeJS file and places executable attacker-controlled code on the server. Valid IPM credentials and network access to the service are required; successful exploitation grants command execution with the service's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-23280
- Published
- Apr 13, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Vendor
- Eaton
- Product
- Intelligent Power Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-434, T1059.007, T1105
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 13, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <1.69
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