The Western Digital WD Discovery application before 3.8.229 for MyCloud Home on Windows…
Priority LOW 38CWE-352Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- 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-352.
Summary
The Western Digital WD Discovery application before 3.8.229 for MyCloud Home on Windows and macOS is vulnerable to CSRF, with impacts such as stealing data, modifying disk contents, or exhausting disk space.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00454 39th percentileScored 2026-11-07
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 · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:my_cloud_home:*:* | before 3.8.229 | Vulnerable | Westerndigital |
| cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Apple |
| cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | Microsoft |
- cpe:2.3:a:westerndigital:wd_discovery:*:*:*:*:*:my_cloud_home:*:* Versions before 3.8.229 Vulnerable ·Westerndigital
- cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Apple
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Microsoft
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12427
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvfj-h98g-m96v
References
More Westerndigital Wd Discovery vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-12445 In Western Digital WD Discovery before 4.0.251.0, a malicious application running with… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-12195 WD Discovery's Use of Weak Hashing Algorithm for Code Signing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2020-12427 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-12427 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fvfj-h98g-m96v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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