High severity · published Dec 24, 2020
CVE-2020-2499
A hard-coded password vulnerability has been reported to affect earlier versions of QES
7.2
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A hard-coded password vulnerability has been reported to affect earlier versions of QES. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to log in with a hard-coded password. QNAP has already fixed the issue in QES 2.1.1 Build 20200515 and later.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
QE
Qes · Qnap
before 2.1.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.1; 2.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2499
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-2499
Vendor Advisory
https://www.qnap.com/zh-tw/security-advisory/qsa-20-19
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