CVE-2021-38460
Published: 12 October 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-38460 is a high-severity Unprotected Transport of Credentials (CWE-523) vulnerability in Moxa Mxview. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 29.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-24912
Vulnerability details
A path traversal vulnerability in the Moxa MXview Network Management software Versions 3.x to 3.2.2 may allow an attacker to create or overwrite critical files used to execute code, such as programs or libraries.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Using a distinct channel for credential transmission prevents unprotected transport over the application's normal communication path.
Requiring protected transport for credentials directly mitigates unprotected credential transmission over networks.
Prevents unprotected transport of credentials by mandating confidentiality mechanisms such as TLS for all sensitive data flows.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.