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CVE-2016-8716

HIGH
Published 2017-04-12T19:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.401
Higher than 40.1% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Moxa

AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client

Affected Versions:

1.1

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-pr5m-wxj4-mr3r

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8716
WEB http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0230

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0230
Published: 2017-04-12T19:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.291Z
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