CVE-2020-6652
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 29 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Eaton's Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) v1.67 & prior allow non-admin users to upload the system configuration files by sending specially crafted requests. This can result in non-admin users manipulating the system configurations via uploading the configurations with incorrect parameters.
remediations
Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.
A vendor fix is available.
- FixedIntelligent Power Managercisa_csaf_ot
To prevent the exploitation of the issues and safeguard the software from malicious entities, Eaton recommends blocking Ports 4679 and 4680 at the enterprise network or home network where Intelligent Power Manager software is installed and used.
- MitigationIntelligent Power Managercisa_csaf_ot
For additional information please see the Eaton Vulnerability Advisory.
https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/eaton-vulnerability-advisory-intelligent-power-manager-v1-1.pdf
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.6–7.8
weaknesses
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affected products (4)
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advisories (1)
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- ICSA-20-133-01Eaton Intelligent Power Manager2020-05-12icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to perform command injection or code execution and allow non-administrator users to manipulate the system configurations.
also known as (3)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47501cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6652cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2020.1678/cnnvd
- https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/eaton-vulnerability-advisory-intelligent-power-manager-v1-1.pdfcnnvd
- https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-133-01cnnvd
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-650/cnnvd
- https://www.eaton.com/content/dam/eaton/company/news-insights/cybersecurity/security-bulletins/eaton-vulnerability-advisory-intelligent-power-manager-v1-1.pdfenisa_euvd
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-650/enisa_euvd
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