Western Digital My Cloud/WD Cloud link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Western Digital My Cloud and WD Cloud. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-22995. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Western Digital My Cloud and WD Cloud (Cloud Software) (affected version not known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/26/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at westerndigital.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-22995 since 01/10/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211927 (Debian dla-3968 : netatalk - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (211927) and EUVD (EUVD-2022-28106). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 10.0
CNA Vector (Western Digital): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 211927
Nessus Name: Debian dla-3968 : netatalk - security update

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

01/10/2022 🔍
03/26/2022 +75 days 🔍
03/26/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2026 +1495 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: westerndigital.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-22995 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-22995
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-195827
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2022 12:34
Updated: 04/29/2026 14:27
Changes: 03/26/2022 12:34 (47), 03/27/2022 15:00 (1), 11/28/2024 05:44 (16), 11/04/2025 12:56 (19), 04/29/2026 14:27 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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