CVE-2022-22992

Command Injection Remote Code Execution vulnerability on Western Digital My Cloud devices.

Description

A command injection remote code execution vulnerability was discovered on Western Digital My Cloud Devices that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the device. The vulnerability was addressed by escaping individual arguments to shell functions coming from user input.

Remediation

Solution:

  • Update your My Cloud device to firmware version 5.19.117.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.67% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory westerndigital.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-22002-my-cloud-os5-firmware-5-19-117 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2022-22992?
CVE-2022-22992 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2022-22992?
To fix CVE-2022-22992: Update your My Cloud device to firmware version 5.19.117.
Is CVE-2022-22992 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2022-22992 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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