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CVE-2025-30248: western digital wd discovery Uncontrolled Search Path Element

CVSS: 8.9v4.0HighDeferred
Published 26-01-2026Last modified 27-01-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-30248 is a high (CVSS 8.9) Uncontrolled Search Path Element vulnerability in western digital wd discovery. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
36/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.9/10
010
High · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 26-01-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

DLL hijacking in the WD Discovery Installer in Western Digital WD Discovery 5.2.730 on Windows allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via placement of a crafted dll in the installer's search path.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.58% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Western digital1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links