Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Eaton Foreseer
Priority LOW 36CWE-312Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
The Eaton Foreseer software provides the feasibility for the user to configure external servers for multiple purposes such as network management, user management, etc. The software uses encryption to store these configurations securely on the host machine. However, the keys used for this encryption were insecurely stored, which could be abused to possibly change or remove the server configuration.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00119 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Foreseer (Eaton): 7.8.500
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Foreseer (Eaton) Fixed in 7.8.500
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-31415
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-573v-9j9r-xm6w
References
More Eaton Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring System vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-14876 Unrestricted file upload in Eaton Foreseer EPMS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-20785 Cross-site scripting in Eaton Foreseer CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.7
- TI-2024-20787 Integer overflow in Eaton Foreseer CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2024-31415 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-31415 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-573v-9j9r-xm6w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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