Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid QuFTP user account
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DeliveryInject malicious script into stored field
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ExploitVictim loads injected content
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ExecutionScript executes in victim browser session
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ImpactHijack session / act as victim
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to first obtain a valid QuFTP Service user account (PR:L, confirmed by both the description 'if a remote attacker gains a user account' and the CVSS vector), and requires a victim to view the injected content (UI:A / user interaction), which is the normal precondition for XSS execution. These two factors - mandatory authentication and victim interaction - are the primary limiters on real-world risk. Affected deployments are QNAP NAS devices running QuFTP Service prior to 1.4.6, 1.5.5, or 1.6.5 (per the applicable branch); no unauthenticated or default-configuration exploitation path is indicated. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-risk, authenticated stored/reflected cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) in QNAP's QuFTP Service, not a high-priority emergency. The vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H, score 6.3) and the description agree: the attacker must first obtain a legitimate user account (PR:L = authenticated), network reachable (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), with user interaction required (UI:A), consistent with XSS where a victim must load the injected content. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or POC was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation - the signals point to opportunistic rather than mass exploitation. One internal inconsistency worth noting: the vendor rates subsequent-system confidentiality/integrity/availability as High (SC:H/SI:H/SA:H) yet vulnerable-system impact as only VC:L/VI:N/VA:N, which is an unusually aggressive subsequent-system rating for a typical XSS and should be verified against the actual QuFTP advisory. Because exploitation is gated behind a valid account and victim interaction, this is a 'real but low-urgency' issue for most deployments rather than a drop-everything critical. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has registered or been granted a low-privileged QuFTP Service user account submits input containing a malicious script payload into a field that is later rendered in another user's or an administrator's browser session. When the victim views that content in the QuFTP/QNAP management interface, the script executes in their authenticated session, potentially hijacking the session or performing actions as the victim. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, and the attack requires both authentication and victim interaction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 15, 2026
Authenticated cross-site scripting in QNAP's QuFTP Service allows a remote attacker who already holds a valid QuFTP user account to inject malicious script that executes in a victim's browser within the NAS web interface, potentially compromising the wider session context rather than the FTP service alone. The flaw affects QuFTP Service installations on QNAP NAS devices in branches prior to 1.4.6, 1.5.5, and 1.6.5, and successful exploitation additionally requires a victim to view the injected content. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis, and the mandatory account prerequisite plus the user-interaction requirement are the principal limiters on real-world risk.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade QuFTP Service to 1.4.6 or later, 1.5.5 or later, or 1.6.5 or later, whichever corresponds to the branch installed on the NAS, via the QNAP App Center using the release notes at https://www.qnap.com/en/app-release-notes?keyword=QuFTP%20Service&app=QuFTP&product-line=nas. Until the update is applied, remove or tightly restrict QuFTP user accounts so that only trusted personnel hold credentials, since the flaw cannot be reached without an authenticated account; additionally block FTP/web management access from untrusted networks by binding to internal interfaces or requiring VPN access, though this breaks legitimate remote FTP workflows. Where FTP service is not operationally required, disabling QuFTP Service eliminates the attack surface entirely at the cost of losing file-transfer functionality, and administrators should monitor NAS web logs for suspicious script-bearing parameters or filenames as an interim detection measure.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The issue is a cross-site scripting flaw (CWE-79) rooted in improper neutralization of user-controllable input during web page generation: QuFTP Service renders attacker-supplied data in its web-facing interface without context-appropriate output encoding, letting script execute in the origin of the NAS management UI. The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A) confirms network reachability, low attack complexity, and a mandatory low-privileged QuFTP account, while UI:A confirms that a victim must interact with the crafted content for the payload to fire. The Scope Changed metrics (SC:H/SI:H/SA:H) indicate that impact extends beyond the vulnerable component to the browser session and surrounding NAS interface, and the independent CVSS 3.1 assessment (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) agrees that direct confidentiality and integrity impact on the vulnerable component is low but the changed scope raises the effective severity. The single affected CPE, cpe:2.3:a:qnap_systems_inc.:quftp_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, identifies QNAP's FTP server application for QTS/QuTS hero NAS systems, and the vendor-reported CVSS 4.0 base score of 6.3 is consistent with a medium-severity, authenticated, interaction-dependent XSS rather than a remotely exploitable unauthenticated defect.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Authenticated low-privileged user (PR:L) injects script executed in a victim's browser requiring interaction (UI:R); XSS crosses a security boundary (S:C) with limited confidentiality/integrity impact and no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (qnap).
CVSS VectorVendor: qnap
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect QuFTP Service. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to inject malicious code.
We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: QuFTP Service 1.4.6 and later QuFTP Service 1.5.5 and later QuFTP Service 1.6.5 and later
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
EUVD-2026-101990
GHSA-g9jq-pqxh-j9mj
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