CVE-2016-8721

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-04-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

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.

Affected products

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

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0235/
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0235/

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