CVE-2019-16399 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 7.1% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Western Digital WD My Book World through II 1.02.12 suffers from Broken Authentication, which allows an attacker to access the /admin/ directory without credentials. An attacker can easily enable SSH from /admin/system_advanced.php?lang=en and login with the default root password welc0me.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 7.08% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-798 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2019-09-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| westerndigital | wd my book |
| westerndigital | wd my book firmware |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Western Digital My Book World II NAS 1.02.12 - Authentication Bypass / Command Execution | 2019-09-19 |
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154524/Western-Digital-My-Book-World-II-NAS-1.02.12-Hardcoded-Credential.html
- https://gist.github.com/pak0s/22ad6bae26198ebcd137b61adb6fcfe6
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154524/Western-Digital-My-Book-World-II-NAS-1.02.12-Hardcoded-Credential.html
- https://gist.github.com/pak0s/22ad6bae26198ebcd137b61adb6fcfe6
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