CVE-2018-18472

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 30.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-06-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo (all versions) have a root Remote Command Execution bug via shell metacharacters in the /api/1.0/rest/language_configuration language parameter. It can be triggered by anyone who knows the IP address of the affected device, as exploited in the wild in June 2021 for factory reset commands,

Affected products

Westerndigital My Book Live Firmware: all versions

References

https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/
https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147
https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo
https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/

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