Critical severity · published May 10, 2023
CVE-2022-29842
Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices
9.8
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') vulnerability that could allow an attacker to execute code in the context of the root user on a vulnerable CGI file was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devicesThis issue affects My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.119.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MC
My Cloud OS 5 · Western Digital
before 5.26.119 · source: vendor
MC
MY Cloud OS · Westerndigital
5.02.104 before 5.26.119 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-29842
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-29842
Vendor Advisory
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-23002-my-cloud-firmware-version-5-26-119
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