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CVE-2017-14459

CRITICAL

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.

Published: Apr 11, 2018 Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CWE-78

CVSS Metrics

CVSSv3
Attack Vector: NETWORK Attack Complexity: LOW Privileges Required: NONE User Interaction: NONE Scope: CHANGED Confidentiality Impact: HIGH Integrity Impact: HIGH Availability Impact: HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products (4)

Vendor Product Version
moxa awk-3131a_firmware 1.4
moxa awk-3131a_firmware 1.5
moxa awk-3131a_firmware 1.6
moxa awk-3131a_firmware 1.7

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-gf27-chxc-6v9w

An exploitable OS Command Injection vulnerability exists in the Telnet, SSH, and console login...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 10.0 / 10
EPSS Score 12.83%

Top 4% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 43.8 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub