CVE-2015-7938 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Advantech EKI-132x series devices with firmware released before December 31, 2015. This flaw allows remote attackers to bypass authentication through unspecified vectors, granting full control over the device. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2015-10-06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1321_series_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2015-10-06CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:advantech:eki-1322_series_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.