CVE-2019-16399 json
Western Digital WD My Book World through II 1.02.12 suffers from Broken Authentication, which allows an attacker to access the /admin/ dire…
published 2019-09-18 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-7146
- cvss
- 9.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 7.1%
- EPSS 7.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Timeline
- Published
- First public exploit (EDB-47399)
Exploit prediction
7.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-47399 Western Digital My Book World II NAS 1.02.12 - Authentication Bypass / Command Execution webapps, 2019-09-19
- gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/pak0s/22ad6bae26198ebcd137b61adb6fcfe6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2019-16399
- NVD CVE-2019-16399
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