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 the password in cleartext. An attacker capable of intercepting this traffic is able to obtain valid credentials.

EPSS: 0.008 (53.7th 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.