Command injection in WD My Book Live - CVE-2018-18472

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Command injection in WD My Book Live - CVE-2018-18472

Published: October 22, 2018 / Updated: June 30, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15460
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18472
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Western Digital
Affected software:
WD My Book Live

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.

The weakness exists in the language change and modify functionality in the REST API. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to inject and execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild.



How to mitigate CVE-2018-18472

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.

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