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CVE-2017-14459

CRITICAL
10
CVSS Score
Published: April 11, 2018 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:06 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorAwk 3131A FirmwareAwk-3131AEDR-810

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Severity
CRITICAL10
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%

Description

An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the Telnet, SSH, and console login functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client in firmware versions 1.4 to 1.7 (current). An attacker can inject commands via the username parameter of several services (SSH, Telnet, console), resulting in remote, unauthenticated, root-level operating system command execution.

Affected

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

Awk 3131A Firmware· Moxa
95%
1.41.51.61.7
moxa-awk-3131a (same device)
EDR-810· Moxa
60%
v < 1.4
Affected range stops below 1.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
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://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0507

CVSS

10CRITICALtalos
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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