TALOS-2016-0230
Moxa AWK-3131A Web Application Cleartext Transmission of Password Vulnerability
April 10, 2017
Report ID
CVE-2016-8716
Summary
An exploitable Cleartext Transmission of Password vulnerability exists in the Web Application functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The Change Password functionality of the Web Application transmits the password in cleartext. An attacker capable of intercepting this traffic is able to obtain valid credentials.
Tested Versions
Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client 1.1
Product URLs
http://www.moxa.com/product/AWK-3131A.htm
CVSSv3 Score
7.5 - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
An exploitable Cleartext Transmission of Password vulnerability exists in the Web Application functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client. The Change Password functionality of the Web Application transmits the password in cleartext as HTTP POST parameters. An attacker capable of intercepting this traffic is able to obtain valid credentials.
Mitigation
To significantly mitigate risk of exploitation, disable the web application before the device is deployed.
Credit
Discovered by Patrick DeSantis of Cisco Talos.
Timeline
2016-11-14 - Vendor Disclosure
2017-04-10 - Public Release