What is CVE-2018-18472?

CVE-2018-18472 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital My Book Live, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-18472?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-18472 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Westerndigital My Book Live

CVE-2018-18472

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,

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.303 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18472?: CVE-2018-18472 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital My Book Live, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-06-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-18472?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-18472 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.