Root Remote Command Execution Vulnerability in Western Digital WD My Book Live and WD My Book Live Duo

CVE-2018-18472 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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,

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