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CVE-2018-18472

N/A
Published: June 19, 2019 at 03:44 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:47 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorMy Book Live FirmwareMy Book Live

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 30%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

My Book Live Firmware· Westerndigital
95%
All versions
westerndigital-my-book-live (same device)
My Book Live· Westerndigitaldevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/

CVSS

10HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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