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CVE-2017-14459

48
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14459 is a critical OS Command Injection vulnerability affecting Moxa AWK-3131A Industrial wireless AP/bridge/client devices running firmware versions 1.4 through 1.7. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting commands into the username parameter of Telnet, SSH, or console login services. This allows for remote, root-level operating system command execution, posing a severe risk to affected systems. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-44398), indicating potential for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-44398 · Apr 3, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1217 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0507
Third Party Advisory