What is CVE-2016-8716?

CVE-2016-8716 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131a, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-8716?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131a

CVE-2016-8716

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 th…

EPSS: 0.008 (52.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Moxa Awk-3131a
Moxa Awk-3131a_firmware — versions 1.1
Moxa Awk-3131a Series Industrial Ieee 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless Ap/bridge/client — versions 1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-640 — Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8716?: CVE-2016-8716 is a high-severity vulnerability in Moxa Awk-3131a, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-8716?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.