CVE-2016-8717: Moxa Awk-3131a Firmware

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An exploitable Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability exists in the Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. The device operating system contains an undocumented, privileged (root) account with hard-coded credentials, giving attackers full control of affected devices.

Affected products

• Moxa Awk-3131a Firmware: version 1.1 only

Published 2018-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.