CVE-2023-22816 Limited Post-Authentication Remote Command Injection in My Cloud Products

Medium 6.0 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can inject commands via CGI files to execute arbitrary code on Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-22816?

CVE-2023-22816 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5, published on 30 Jun 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A post-authentication remote command injection vulnerability in a CGI file in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices that could allow an attacker to build files with redirects and execute larger payloads. This issue affects My Cloud OS 5 devices: before 5.26.300.

Weakness: CWE-77, CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22816?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Westerndigital My Cloud Os.

How do I fix CVE-2023-22816?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-22816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2023-22816 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22816 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5fx6-86fq-8xxf.

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