What is CVE-2019-16399?

CVE-2019-16399 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd My Book, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-16399?

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

Vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd My Book

CVE-2019-16399

Western Digital WD My Book World through II 1.02.12 suffers from Broken Authentication, which allows an attacker to access the /admin/ directory without credentials. An attacker can easily enable SSH from /admin/system_advanced.php?lang=en and login with the default root password welc0me.

EPSS: 0.071 (93.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-16399?: CVE-2019-16399 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd My Book, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-16399?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.