Vulnerability · Published May 10, 2023 · Assigned by WDC PSIRT

CVE-2022-29842Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices

Critical 9.8

In plain English

A critical-severity command injection in My Cloud OS 5 from Western Digital. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the root user on a vulnerable CGI file was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devicesThis issue affects My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.119.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 0 – before 5.26.119

Weakness: CWE-77 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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