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CVE-2017-14459

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the Telnet, SSH, and console login functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client in firmware versions 1.4 to 1.7 (current). An attacker can inject commands via the username parameter of several services (SSH, Telnet, console), resulting in remote, unauthenticated, root-level operating system command execution.

Affected products

• Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client: 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0507
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0507

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