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TI-2016-07173 Aliases CVE-2016-8716GHSA-pr5m-wxj4-mr3r

Weak password recovery in Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless…

Priority LOW 34CWE-640Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Adjacent network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-640.

Summary

An exploitable Cleartext Transmission of Password vulnerability exists in the Web Application functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The Change Password functionality of the Web Application transmits the password in cleartext. An attacker capable of intercepting this traffic is able to obtain valid credentials.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00825 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MoxaAWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client1.1—No fix listedCNA
  • AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client VendorMoxa Affected 1.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.1VulnerableMoxa
cpe:2.3:h:moxa:awk-3131a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onMoxa
  • cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1 Vulnerable ·Moxa
  • cpe:2.3:h:moxa:awk-3131a:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Moxa

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-8716
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pr5m-wxj4-mr3r

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2017-10565 OS command injection in Talos Moxa CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03594 OS command injection in Moxa CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2016-06872 Access control flaw in Moxa OnCell CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03597 OS command injection in Moxa CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2016-07174 Hard-coded credentials in Talos Moxa CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-03609 Stack-based buffer overflow in Moxa CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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