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CVE-2021-23277

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-23277 is a critical unauthenticated eval injection vulnerability affecting Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) versions prior to 1.69, including the virtual appliance and Intelligent Power Protector. This flaw, rated 10.0 CVSS, allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of user input in the loadUserFile function. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 93/100, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog and has received no media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.69CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eaton:intelligent_power_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.69CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eaton:intelligent_power_manager_virtual_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.68CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eaton:intelligent_power_protector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

eaton.com / content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/eaton-intelligent-power-manager-ipm-vulnerability-advisory.pdf
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