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CVE-2019-5138

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-02-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in encrypted diagnostic script functionality of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A specially crafted diagnostic script file can cause arbitrary busybox commands to be executed, resulting in remote control over the device. An attacker can send diagnostic while authenticated as a low privilege user to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client: 1.13

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0927
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0927

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