What is CVE-2022-29844?

CVE-2022-29844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-01-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-29844?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-29844 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Western Digital My Cloud

CVE-2022-29844

A vulnerability in the FTP service of Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices running firmware versions prior to 5.26.119 allows an attacker to read and write arbitrary files. This could lead to a full NAS compromise and would give remote ex…

EPSS: 0.534 (98.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Western Digital My Cloud — versions My Cloud OS 5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.westerndigital.com/en-in/support/product-security/wdc-23002-my-cloud-firmwa…

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29844?: CVE-2022-29844 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-01-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-29844?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-29844 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.