9.8

CVE-2019-16399: westerndigital wd_my_book_firmware Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
Published 18-09-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-16399 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Use of Hard-coded Credentials vulnerability in westerndigital wd_my_book_firmware. EPSS estimates a 7.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
7.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

7.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 7.08% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
7.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    22Ad6Bae26198Ebcd137B61Adb6Fcfe6

    Maturity: poc

  • exploit-databasehardwareUnverified

    Western Digital My Book World II NAS 1.02.12 - Authentication Bypass / Command Execution

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Westerndigital1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links