CVE-2019-5142 Command injection in Moxa
An attacker with authentication can execute arbitrary system commands on Moxa AWK-3131A devices via crafted network configuration entries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-5142?
CVE-2019-5142 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Moxa, published on 25 Feb 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An exploitable command injection vulnerability exists in the hostname functionality of the Moxa AWK-3131A firmware version 1.13. A specially crafted entry to network configuration information can cause execution of arbitrary system commands, resulting in full control of the device. An attacker can send various authenticated requests to trigger this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5142?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Moxa Awk-3131a Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5142?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5142 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2019-5142 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5142 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Moxa
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mxg6-6xh7-6x8r.