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MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-10700

Awk 3121 Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
6.1
EPSS
39.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered on Moxa AWK-3121 1.19 devices. It provides functionality so that an administrator can change the name of the device. However, the same functionality allows an attacker to execute XSS by injecting an XSS payload. The POST parameter "iw_board_deviceName" is susceptible to this injection.
Affected vendor
Moxa
Affected product
Awk 3121 Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-79 — Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Published
2019-06-07

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 39.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-10700

  • Confirm whether Moxa Awk 3121 Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-10700.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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