Eaton Intelligent Power Manager - Directory Traversal (CVE-2018-12031)

CVE-2018-12031 is a critical vulnerability in Eaton Intelligent Power Manager that allows attackers to perform local file inclusion using directory traversal within the firmware update mechanism.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 10th of March 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2018-12031 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting. Telemetry from the CrowdSec network also shows that exploitation activity for CVE-2018-12031 remains steady week-over-week. Attack volumes are consistent with long-term trends, indicating sustained interest from threat actors. CVE-2018-12031 continues to be an active part of the threat landscape and will likely remain this way for the forseeable future.

Observed exploitation attempts typically involve requests to URLs containing /server/node_upgrade_srv.js along with parameters related to firmware download operations.