CVE-2023-22816

Limited Post-Authentication Remote Command Injection in My Cloud Products

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 30, 2023 at 09:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:36 AM UTC
12 products affected across 1 vendorMy Cloud OSMy Cloud PR4100My Cloud EX4100

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A post-authentication remote command injection vulnerability in a CGI file in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices that could allow an attacker to build files with redirects and execute larger payloads. This issue affects My Cloud OS 5 devices: before 5.26.300.

Affected

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

v < 5.26.300
Affected range stops below 5.26.300, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
westerndigital-wd-cloud (environment) · westerndigital-my-cloud (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-dl2100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-dl4100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-ex2-ultra (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-ex2100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-ex4100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-mirror-g2 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-pr2100 (same device) · westerndigital-my-cloud-pr4100 (same device)
v < 5.26.300
Affected range stops below 5.26.300, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78CWE-77

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