CVE-2018-10698 describes a critical vulnerability in Moxa AWK-3121 devices (firmware version 1.14), where an unencrypted TELNET service is enabled by default. This allows for easy man-in-the-middle (MITM) sniffing of traffic and unauthorized access using default credentials. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3121_firmware:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.