Talos Vulnerability Report

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.

Timeline

2016-11-14 - Vendor Disclosure
2017-04-10 - Public Release