Cross-site request forgery in Synology Photo Station
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Tampering
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.
Summary
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in admin/user.php in Synology Photo Station before 6.8.5-3471 and before 6.3-2975 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via the (1) username, (2) password, (3) admin, (4) action, (5) uid, or (6) modify_admin parameter.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Synology | Photo Station | before 6.8.5-3471; before 6.3-2975 | 6.8.5-3471, 6.3-2975 | Patch available | CNA |
- Photo Station VendorSynology Affected before 6.8.5-3471; before 6.3-2975 Fixed in 6.8.5-3471, 6.3-2975 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:synology:photo_station:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.3-2944 to before 6.3-2975; 6.8.0-3456 to before 6.8.5-3471 | Vulnerable | Synology |
- cpe:2.3:a:synology:photo_station:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.3-2944 to before 6.3-2975; 6.8.0-3456 to before 6.8.5-3471 Vulnerable ·Synology
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Photo Station (Synology) Fixed in 6.8.5-3471, 6.3-2975
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Synology Photo Station 6.3-2975, 6.8.5-3471
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2018-06464 Permissive regular expression vulnerability in synophoto_dsm_user in Synology Photo…Priority MEDIUM 41
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-8925
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mqrx-5gr3-m8p8
References
More Synology Photo Station vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-08391 Command injection in Synology Photo Station CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-08212 Information disclosure in Synology Photo Station CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-08208 Improper authentication in Synology Photo Station CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-08210 Deserialization of untrusted data in Synology Photo Station CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-08209 Path traversal in Synology Photo Station CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-09976 SQL injection in Synology Photo Station CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-8925 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-8925 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mqrx-5gr3-m8p8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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