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.

Insights from the CrowdSec network reveal that the attackers trying to exploit CVE-2018-12031 are composed of a fairly even mix of opportunistic and targeted actors. Some attackers employ preliminary reconnaissance, while others use indiscriminate scanning. CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2018-12031 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

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