CVE-2019-5162 is an improper access control vulnerability in the iw_webs account settings of Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. An authenticated, low-privilege attacker can craft a specific username entry to overwrite an existing user's password, leading to remote shell access. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:moxa:awk-3131a_firmware:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.