CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-18472
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2019-06-19
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have a root Remote Command Execution bug via shell metacharacters in the /api/1.0/rest/language_configuration language parameter. It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device, as exploited in the wild in June 2021 for factory reset commands,
Affected configurations
• westerndigital my book live firmware
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
References
- https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147 community.wd.com
- https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo www.westerndigital.com
- https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/ Third Party Advisory
- https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147 community.wd.com
- https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo www.westerndigital.com
- https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/ Third Party Advisory