CVE-2022-29842 CRITICAL

CVE-2022-29842: Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices

Vendor Western Digital
Product My Cloud OS 5
Weakness CWE-77
Published May 10, 2023
Last update January 24, 2025
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 10, 2023 CVE published
January 24, 2025 Record updated