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.

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.071 (94.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-16399: held from 0.071 to 0.071.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.071 · newest: 0.071 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

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.