CVE-2021-23283
Security issues in Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP)
Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) prior to version 1.69 is vulnerable to stored Cross Site Scripting. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user input and improper encoding of the output for certain resources within the IPP software.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Security issues in Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP)
Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) prior to version 1.69 is vulnerable to stored Cross Site Scripting. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user input and improper encoding of the output for certain resources within the IPP software.
- Record
CVE-2021-23283- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-10378
Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) prior to version 1.69 is vulnerable to stored Cross Site Scripting. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user input and improper encoding of the output for certain resources within the IPP software.
- Record
EUVD-2021-10378- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r333-6m87-xrr9
Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) prior to version 1.69 is vulnerable to stored Cross Site...
Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) prior to version 1.69 is vulnerable to stored Cross Site Scripting. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user input and improper encoding of the output for certain resources within the IPP software.
- Record
GHSA-r333-6m87-xrr9- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (IPP) prior to version 1.69 is vulnerable to stored Cross Site Scripting. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user input and improper encoding of the output for certain resources within the IPP software.
- Record
CVE-2021-23283- CVSS 3.1
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-23283 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.2) in Eaton Intelligent Power Protector (ipp), published April 19, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.53%, the 45th percentile. No source names a fixed version.