Code Injection in Western Digital products - CVE-2022-29843

 

Code Injection in Western Digital products - CVE-2022-29843

Published: January 17, 2023 / Updated: February 13, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU71212
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-29843
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the DDNS service configuration. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

My Cloud PR2100
My Cloud PR4100
My Cloud EX4100
My Cloud EX2 Ultra
My Cloud Mirror G2
My Cloud DL2100
My Cloud DL4100
My Cloud EX2100
WD Cloud
My Cloud

How to mitigate CVE-2022-29843

Install updates from vendor's website.

My Cloud PR2100 - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud PR4100 - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud EX4100 - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud EX2 Ultra - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud Mirror G2 - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud DL2100 - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud DL4100 - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud EX2100 - update to 5.26.119
My Cloud - update to 5.26.119
WD Cloud - update to 5.26.119

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