# CVE-2021-23277: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code


- **Severity:** High 8.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Apr 2021
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qcjf-2v2g-8464

## What is CVE-2021-23277?

CVE-2021-23277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM), published on 13 Apr 2021. 

### Official description

Eaton Intelligent Power Manager (IPM) prior to 1.69 is vulnerable to unauthenticated eval injection vulnerability. The software does not neutralize code syntax from users before using in the dynamic evaluation call in loadUserFile function under scripts/libs/utils.js. Successful exploitation can allow attackers to control the input to the function and execute attacker controlled commands.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-95 (Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-23277?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Eaton Intelligent Power Manager, Eaton Intelligent Power Manager Virtual Appliance, Eaton Intelligent Power Protector.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-23277?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-23277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-23277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23277 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-2021-23279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23279/): Arbitrary File delete (high 8.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-23277 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-23277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power manager (IPM), published on 13 Apr 2021. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-23277 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-2021-23277/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23277/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23277
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23277
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23277

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-23277/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.