Western Digital WD My Book World through II 1.02.12 suffers from Broken Authentication…
Priority MEDIUM 52CWE-798Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-798.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.07079 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_firmware:*:*:world_ii:*:*:*:*:* | up to 1.02.12 | Vulnerable | Westerndigital |
| cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book:-:*:world_ii:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Westerndigital |
- cpe:2.3:o:westerndigital:wd_my_book_firmware:*:*:world_ii:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.02.12 Vulnerable ·Westerndigital
- cpe:2.3:h:westerndigital:wd_my_book:-:*:world_ii:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Westerndigital
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-16399
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cf5v-wfc8-wfq2
References
Sources
- CVE-2019-16399 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-16399 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cf5v-wfc8-wfq2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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