CVE-2016-8721

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 20, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorAwk 3131A FirmwareAwk-3131A

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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the web application 'ping' functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Points running firmware 1.1. Specially crafted web form input can cause an OS Command Injection resulting in complete compromise of the vulnerable device. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely.

Affected

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

moxa-awk-3131a (same device)
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_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0235/

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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