CVE-2022-22990 HIGH

CVE-2022-22990: Limited authentication bypass vulnerability on Western Digital My Cloud devices

Vendor Western Digital
Product My Cloud
Weakness CWE-287 · Improper authentication
Published January 13, 2022
Last update August 3, 2024
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A limited authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution and escalate privileges on the My Cloud devices. Addressed this vulnerability by changing access token validation logic and rewriting rule logic on PHP scripts.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 13, 2022 CVE published
August 3, 2024 Record updated