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Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

CVE-2022-22992

High
9.8/10

Summary

A command injection remote code execution vulnerability was discovered on Western Digital My Cloud Devices that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the device. The vulnerability was addressed by escaping individual arguments to shell functions coming from user input.

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  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
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  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-116 - Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output

The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.

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