{"id":"CVE-2018-18472","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-18472","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:49:03.869Z","title":"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.","description":"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,","published":"2019-06-19T16:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:47:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["westerndigital/my book live firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.30284,"percentile":0.98215,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.25633,"percentile":0.97912},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.30284,"percentile":0.98143}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 30.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.wd.com/t/action-required-on-my-book-live-and-my-book-live-duo/268147","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.westerndigital.com/support/productsecurity/wdc-21008-recommended-security-measures-wd-mybooklive-wd-mybookliveduo","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.wizcase.com/blog/hack-2018/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18472","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}