THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-18472
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2018-18472

My Book Live Firmware vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
30.3%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have a root Remote Command Execution bug via shell metacharacters in the /api/1.0/rest/language_configuration language parameter. It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device, as exploited in the wild in June 2021 for factory reset commands,
Affected vendor
Westerndigital
Affected product
My Book Live Firmware
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
Published
2019-06-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 30.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-18472

  • Confirm whether Westerndigital My Book Live Firmware is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-18472.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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