CVE-2022-22991
Command injection through unsecured HTTP calls on Western Digital My Cloud devices
A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to trick a NAS device into loading through an unsecured HTTP call. Addressed this vulnerability by disabling checks for internet connectivity using HTTP.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Command injection through unsecured HTTP calls on Western Digital My Cloud devices
A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to trick a NAS device into loading through an unsecured HTTP call. Addressed this vulnerability by disabling checks for internet connectivity using HTTP.
- Record
CVE-2022-22991- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-78
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-28102
A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to trick a NAS device into loading through an unsecured HTTP call. Addressed this vulnerability by disabling checks for internet connectivity using HTTP.
- Record
EUVD-2022-28102- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5pf6-pvrw-qjr7 No score
A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to...
A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to trick a NAS device into loading through an unsecured HTTP call. Addressed this vulnerability by disabling checks for internet connectivity using HTTP.
- Record
GHSA-5pf6-pvrw-qjr7- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
A malicious user on the same LAN could use DNS spoofing followed by a command injection attack to trick a NAS device into loading through an unsecured HTTP call. Addressed this vulnerability by disabling checks for internet connectivity using HTTP.
- Record
CVE-2022-22991- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 8.3 High
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-78, CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-22991 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Western Digital My Cloud, published January 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.33%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.