CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2031

Airwave vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Multiple vulnerabilities exists in Aruba Instate before 4.1.3.0 and 4.2.3.1 due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input and insufficient checking of parameters, which could allow a malicious user to bypass security restrictions, obtain sensitive information, perform unauthorized actions and execute arbitrary code.
Affected vendor
Arubanetworks
Affected product
Airwave
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2020-01-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-2031

  • Confirm whether Arubanetworks Airwave is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-2031.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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