CVE-2016-9366 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting numerous Moxa NPort series devices, including versions prior to 2.6 for NPort 5110 and prior to 1.3 for NPort 5100A Series, among others. An attacker can leverage brute-force techniques to bypass authentication, gaining full control over the device. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5100_series_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5100_series_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 2.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5200_series_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5400_series_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:nport_5600_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
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.