What is CVE-2021-35941?

CVE-2021-35941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd My Book Live, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-35941?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Westerndigital Wd My Book Live

CVE-2021-35941

Western Digital WD My Book Live (2.x and later) and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have an administrator API that can perform a system factory restore without authentication, as exploited in the wild in June 2021, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-18472.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.127 (95.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-35941?: CVE-2021-35941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Westerndigital Wd My Book Live, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-35941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.