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CVE-2016-8717

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-04-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

An exploitable Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists in the Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The device operating system contains an undocumented, privileged (root) account with hard-coded credentials, giving attackers full control of affected devices.

Affected products

• Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client: 1.1

References

• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0231
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2016-0231

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