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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-18472

Western Digital my_book_live_firmware Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Published Jun 19, 2019 · catalog updated Jun 19, 2019 · Western Digital

Patch now

CVE-2018-18472 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Western Digital against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
30.28%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Western Digital my_book_live_firmware

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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  • vendor Western Digital my_book_live_firmwareversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-18472

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-18472 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Western Digital against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 30.28%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 19, 2019 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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,

  2. Jun 19, 2019 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-18472

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-18472

    30-day exploitation probability 30.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-18472

    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,

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.