# CVE-2020-6652: Incorrect privilege assignment allowing non-admin users to upload config files

> Non-admin users can upload system configuration files, allowing them to manipulate settings and escalate privileges in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 May 2020
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8wh6-v49g-v744

## What is CVE-2020-6652?

CVE-2020-6652 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM), published on 7 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-6652?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Eaton Intelligent Power Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-6652?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-6652 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-6652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM)

- [CVE-2021-23281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23281/): Remote Code execution (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-12031](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12031/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-6651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6651/): Command injection via specially crafted file name during config file upload (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-23278](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23278/): Arbitrary File delete (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2021-23277](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23277/): Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code (high 8.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-6652 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-6652 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM), published on 7 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-6652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6652/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6652/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-6652
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6652
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6652

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6652/
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