CVE-2008-6816

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-05-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Eaton MGEOPS Network Shutdown Module before 3.10 Build 13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by adding a custom action to the MGE frontend via pane_actionbutton.php, and then executing this action via exec_action.php.

Affected products

Eaton Network Shutdown Module: through 3.1_beta; 2.6, 3.0, 3.02, 3.04

References

http://download.mgeops.com/install/win32/nsm/release_note_nsm_320.txt
http://osvdb.org/50051
http://secunia.com/advisories/32456
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_eaton_mge_ops_network_shutdown_module_authentication_bypass.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497824/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31933
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46131
http://download.mgeops.com/install/win32/nsm/release_note_nsm_320.txt
http://osvdb.org/50051
http://secunia.com/advisories/32456
http://www.nruns.com/security_advisory_eaton_mge_ops_network_shutdown_module_authentication_bypass.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497824/100/100/threaded

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