Vulnerability · Published Jan 13, 2022 · Assigned by WDC PSIRT
CVE-2022-22990Limited authentication bypass vulnerability on Western Digital My Cloud devices
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity improper authentication in My Cloud 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 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A limited authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution and escalate privileges on the My Cloud devices. Addressed this vulnerability by changing access token validation logic and rewriting rule logic on PHP scripts.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Western Digital | My Cloud | My Cloud OS 5 – before 5.19.117 |
Weakness: CWE-287 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N