CVE-2022-22990 Limited authentication bypass vulnerability on Western Digital My Cloud devices
An authentication bypass allows attackers to achieve remote code execution and escalate privileges on Western Digital My Cloud devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-22990?
CVE-2022-22990 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud, published on 13 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A limited authentication bypass vulnerability was discovered that could allow an attacker to achieve remote code execution and escalate privileges on the My Cloud devices. Addressed this vulnerability by changing access token validation logic and rewriting rule logic on PHP scripts.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22990?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Westerndigital My Cloud Os.
How do I fix CVE-2022-22990?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2022-22990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-22814 Authentication Bypass issue in My Cloud OS 5 devices
- CVE-2022-29842 Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices
- CVE-2021-36224 Hardcoded credentials in n/a
- CVE-2021-36226 Security feature bypass in n/a
- CVE-2022-22989 Pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on FTP Service
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qqqv-wfvc-wrgw.