Improper access control in WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo - CVE-2021-35941

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Improper access control in WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo - CVE-2021-35941

Published: June 30, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU54465
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-35941
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vulnerable software:
WD My Book Live
WD My Book Live Duo
Software vendor:
Western Digital

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to delete all data on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions to the administrator API. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the exposed API and perform a system factory restore, deleting all data on the NAS device.

Note, the vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild along with vulnerability #VU15460.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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