CVE-2018-18472

CRITICAL EXPLOITED IN THE WILD

Western Digital My Book Live and My Book Live Duo - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Language Configuration API

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2018-18472 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV, InTheWild.io).

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,

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo

Various Sources x_refsource_misc

https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8

EPSS 0.3028

EPSS Percentile 98.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2019-06-19

InTheWild.io 2021-06-25

CWE

CWE-78

Status published

Products (1)

westerndigital/my_book_live_firmware

Published Jun 19, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026