CRLF injection in QNAP QTS and QuTS hero - CVE-2024-53693

 

CRLF injection in QNAP QTS and QuTS hero - CVE-2024-53693

Published: March 10, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU105478
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-53693
CWE-ID: CWE-93
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: QNAP Systems, Inc.
Affected software:
QNAP QTS
QuTS hero

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary data in server response.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of attacker-supplied data. A remote user can pass specially crafted data to the application containing CR-LF characters and modify application behavior.


How to mitigate CVE-2024-53693

Install updates from vendor's website.

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