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CVE-2020-27159
CRITICAL

CVE-2020-27159

Published Oct 27, 2020 · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Severity · CVSSCRITICAL · 9.8
Known exploitationNot listed
EPSS / likelihood6.21%
QFinch risk score20 / 100

Original summary

Normalized public record · Updated Oct 23, 2026

Addressed remote code execution vulnerability in DsdkProxy.php due to insufficient sanitization and insufficient validation of user input in Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices prior to 5.04.114

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QFinch assessment

Addressed remote code execution vulnerability in DsdkProxy.php due to insufficient sanitization and insufficient validation of user input in Western Digital My Cloud NAS devices prior to 5.04.114

Evidence: public source records

Affected products

Affected scope reported by the available public evidence
Affected package, product or rangeFix status
Consult the referenced vendor advisory for affected versions.Consult source advisory

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Remediation

Apply the vendor-supported fixed release or mitigation, then verify the affected component is no longer reachable.

  1. Confirm the affected product and reachable code path exist in your environment.
  2. Apply the vendor-supported patch or mitigation from the primary advisory.
  3. Rescan the exact deployed revision and retain verification evidence.
Review primary references

Evidence coverage

CVENVDEPSS
SSVC priority
MEDIUM
Confidence
20%
Aliases
None reported

Scores appear only when corresponding evidence exists. Missing data is never interpreted as zero risk.

Sources and record history

  1. www.westerndigital.com ↗
  2. www.westerndigital.com ↗
  3. www.comparitech.com ↗

Record history

Published Oct 27, 2020 · Last refreshed Oct 23, 2026