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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 9 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5fx6-86fq-8xxf

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command), CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22816?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2023-22816 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Western Digital My Cloud OS 5

- [CVE-2023-22814](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22814/): Authentication Bypass issue in My Cloud OS 5 devices (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-29842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29842/): Command Injection Vulnerability in Western Digital My Cloud devices (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36224/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36226/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-22989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22989/): Pre-authenticated stack overflow vulnerability on FTP Service (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-22816 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Western Digital My Cloud OS 5. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22816/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22816/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-22816
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22816
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22816

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22816/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.