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CVE-2021-23279

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-23279 is a critical unauthenticated arbitrary file deletion vulnerability affecting Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) versions prior to 1.69, as well as Intelligent Power Manager Virtual Appliance and Intelligent Power Protector. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely delete files on affected systems by sending specially crafted packets due to improper input validation. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

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

8.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
5.8
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
27.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2709 is in the 95th 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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