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CVE-2016-8721

CRITICAL
Published 2017-04-20T18:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
9.1
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.010
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 1.0% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.760
Higher than 76.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the web application 'ping' functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Points running firmware 1.1. Specially crafted web form input can cause an OS Command Injection resulting in complete compromise of the vulnerable device. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Moxa

Moxa AWK-3131A WAP

Affected Versions:

1.1 Build 15122211

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed CRITICAL

GHSA-f4ww-w2w8-hp7w

Advisory Details

An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the web application 'ping' functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Points running firmware 1.1. Specially crafted web form input can cause an OS Command Injection resulting in complete compromise of the vulnerable device. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability remotely.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

9.0

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8721
WEB http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0235

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: April 20, 2025

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0235/
Published: 2017-04-20T18:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.340Z
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