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. Data from the CrowdSec community also indicates a gradual decrease in attacks targeting CVE-2018-12031. While still present in the wild, exploitation levels have dropped noticeably week-over-week. This may signal that the vulnerability is becoming less relevant or that defenses are improving fast enough for attackers to lose interest.

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