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CVE-2025-30248

HIGH
8.9
CVSS Score
Published: January 26, 2026 at 10:47 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWD Discovery

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Severity
HIGH8.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

DLL hijacking in the WD Discovery Installer in Western Digital WD Discovery 5.2.730 on Windows allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via placement of a crafted dll in the installer's search path.

Affected

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

WD Discovery· Westerndigital
60%
v < 5.3
Affected range stops below 5.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

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 (1)

Source: cverecord
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-25008-wd-discovery-desktop-app-version-5-3

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.9HIGHWDC PSIRT
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-427

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