Vulnerability · Published Dec 1, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-28971
Critical 9.8
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.8% (higher than 90% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.8%top 9.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered on Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices before 5.06.115. A NAS Admin authentication bypass vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated user to execute privileged commands on the device via a cookie, because of insufficient validation of URI paths.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?g=907&lang=en#downloads x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-20009-os5-firmware-5-06-115 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1447/ x_refsource_MISC