Moxa AWK-3131A Web Application Ping Command Injection (CVE-2016-8721)

critical Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 501557

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 501557

Version: 1.1

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 8/2/2023

Updated: 8/3/2023

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8721

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.1

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Moxa

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8721

CWE: 78

Detections

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