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Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring SystemApplication · Eaton

CVE-2024-31414

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-09-13
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 7.8.600 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Eaton Foreseer software provides users the capability to customize the dashboard in WebView pages. However, the input fields for this feature in the Eaton Foreseer software lacked proper input sanitization on the server-side, which could lead to injection and execution of malicious scripts when abused by bad actors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

This is a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Eaton Foreseer software where the dashboard customization feature for WebView pages lacks proper server-side input sanitization. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript or HTML into input fields, which then executes when other users view the customized dashboards.

MitigationImplement server-side input validation using allowlist validation combined with context-aware output encoding for all user-supplied data in the dashboard customization feature to prevent script injection.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring SystemApplication
Affected:< 7.8.600

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify the installed version of Eaton Foreseer
    Locate the software version information for Eaton Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring System. This is typically found in the application itself under Help > About, or in the installer/upgrade documentation.
    Affected if The installed version is lower than 7.8.600 (e.g., 7.8.500, 7.7.x, etc.)
  2. Confirm WebView dashboard feature is in use
    Determine whether the WebView-based dashboard customization feature is accessible or enabled in the installation. This feature allows users to customize dashboard views with user-supplied input.
    Affected if The WebView dashboard customization feature is available and users have the ability to add or modify dashboard elements with custom text or labels
  3. Inspect dashboard configuration data for unsanitized input
    Examine the stored dashboard configurations or user-created dashboards for any HTML, JavaScript, or script-related keywords (such as <script>, javascript:, onerror=, onload=) in text fields that should only contain plain text.
    Affected if User-supplied text fields in dashboard configurations contain raw HTML or JavaScript code that is not encoded or escaped
  4. Review application logs for XSS attempt patterns
    Check application and web server logs for patterns indicative of XSS probing or injection attempts targeting the dashboard customization endpoints, such as requests containing script tags or event handlers.
    Affected if Logs show attempts to inject script content into dashboard input fields, or if stored XSS payloads are present in the application database

You are affected if your Eaton Foreseer installation is version 7.8.600 or higher, the WebView dashboard customization feature is not in use, and no suspicious script content is found stored in dashboard configurations.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 7.8.600 or later
Fixed in 7.8.600
Interim mitigation

Implement server-side input validation using allowlist validation combined with context-aware output encoding for all user-supplied data in the dashboard customization feature to prevent script injection.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Eaton Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring System version 7.8.600 or later

  1. 1. Identify the current version of Eaton Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring System installed in your environment
  2. 2. Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade process
  3. 3. Back up the current system configuration and any custom dashboard settings
  4. 4. Obtain the Eaton Foreseer version 7.8.600 or later from official Eaton sources (www.eaton.com)
  5. 5. Follow Eaton's standard upgrade procedure for Foreseer software
  6. 6. After upgrade, verify the system is operational and all services are running
  7. 7. Validate that the WebView dashboard customization feature now properly sanitizes input on the server-side

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Foreseer Electrical Power Monitoring System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
18.0 hours of engineering $3,200
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