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CVE-2016-8718

Status: ModifiedHigh (8.8)—

An exploitable Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability exists in the Web Application functionality of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. A specially crafted form can trick a client into making an unintentional request to the web server which will be treated as an authentic request.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Moxa — Awk-3131a Firmware

CWEs

References

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