CVE-2020-28971

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 versions prior to 5.06.115

Description An issue was discovered that could allow an unauthenticated user to execute privileged commands on the device via a cookie, because of insufficient validation of URI paths. This is due to a NAS Admin authentication bypass, which could be exploited by an unauthenticated user.

Recommendations For Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 versions prior to 5.06.115, update to version 5.06.115 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the device to minimize the risk of exploitation.