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CVE-2016-8717

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS Score

Published: April 2, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC

3 products affected across 1 vendorAwk 3131A FirmwareAwk-3131AEDR-810

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Severity

CRITICAL9.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

An exploitable Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists in the Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The device operating system contains an undocumented, privileged (root) account with hard-coded credentials, giving attackers full control of affected devices.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Awk 3131A Firmware · Moxa

95%

moxa-awk-3131a (same device)

EDR-810 · Moxa

60%

Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client 1.1

Awk-3131A · Moxadevice

80%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0231

CVSS

9.8CRITICAL[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: HIGH
Availability: HIGH

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-798

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