Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless AP/Bridge/Client Vulnerabilities

Published: April 10, 2017

This Alert Is From MOXA

As Industrial IoT (IIoT) adoption continues to proliferate, cybersecurity has become one of the top priorities. The Moxa Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) takes a proactive approach to protect products from cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Moxa PSIRT investigates all reports of vulnerabilities that could potentially affect Moxa products. Moxa created a vulnerability management policy to provide guidance and information to our customers in the event of a reported vulnerability. The management policy ensures that Moxa’s customers have steady, unambiguous resources to help them understand how Moxa resolves or mitigates reported vulnerabilities. For any queries, please email [email protected].

Multiple product vulnerabilities were identified in Moxa’s AWK-3131A Series Wireless AP/Bridge/Client. In response to this, Moxa has developed related solutions to address these vulnerabilities.

The identified vulnerability types and potential impacts are shown below:

Item Vulnerability Type Impact
1 Web application nonce reuse vulnerability (CWE-613)
TALOS-2016-0225, CVE-2016-8712
A session token is able to be reused for attackers to log in.
2 Web application cleartext transmission of password vulnerability (CWE-640)
TALOS-2016-0230, CVE-2016-8716
Users without authorized access can intercept password transmission traffic through the web console and obtain valid credentials.
3 Hard-coded administrator credentials vulnerability (CWE-798)
TALOS-2016-0231, CVE-2016-8717
An authorized administrator cannot modify or remove the backdoor account, which gives attackers the opportunity to control affected devices.
4 Web application cross-site request forgery vulnerability (CWE-352)
TALOS-2016-0232, CVE-2016-8718
An authenticated admin or user is able to execute arbitrary commands through the web console.
5 Web application multiple reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities (CWE-79)
TALOS-2016-0233, CVE-2016-8719
An authenticated admin or user is able to execute malicious script in a web browser.
6 Web application HTTP header injection vulnerability (CWE-74)
TALOS-2016-0234, CVE-2016-8720
An authenticated admin or user can inject a payload into a specific parameter, which will be copied into the Location header of the HTTP response.
7 Web application ping command injection vulnerability (CWE-78)
TALOS-2016-0235, CVE-2016-8721
An authenticated admin or user is able to execute arbitrary commands through the web console.
8 Web application information disclosure vulnerability (CWE-200)
TALOS-2016-0236, CVE-2016-8722
An unauthorized user is able to retrieve sensitive information through a specific URL.
9 Web application denial of service vulnerability (CWE-476)
TALOS-2016-0237, CVE-2016-8723
Unexpected HTTP request has the potential to crash the device’s web server.
10 Sensitive information disclosure vulnerability (CWE-200)
TALOS-2016-0238, CVE-2016-8724
Potentially sensitive information is accessible through a freely-available Windows application or by using customized scripts.
11 Web application information disclosure vulnerability (CWE-200)
TALOS-2016-0239, CVE-2016-8725
An unauthorized user is able to retrieve sensitive information through a specific URL.
12 Web application denial of service vulnerability (CWE-476)
TALOS-2016-0240, CVE-2016-8726
Unexpected HTTP request has the potential to crash the device’s web server.
13 Web Application information disclosure vulnerability (CWE-200)
TALOS-2016-0241, CVE-2016-8727
An unauthorized user is able to retrieve sensitive information through a specific URL.

 

This alert has come from: https://www.moxa.com/en/support/product-support/security-advisory/moxa-awk-3131a-wireless-ap-bridge-client-security-vulnerabilities