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TI-2020-02211 Aliases CVE-2020-2499GHSA-fwrf-6v6g-jrvx

Hard-coded Password Vulnerability in QES

Priority LOW 34CWE-259Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass, Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-259 and CWE-522.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01378 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed QES (QNAP Systems Inc.): 2.1.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
QNAPQESbefore 2.1.12.1.1Patch availableCNA
  • QES VendorQNAP Affected before 2.1.1 Fixed in 2.1.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.1.1VulnerableQNAP
cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1VulnerableQNAP
cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200211:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1 build_20200211VulnerableQNAP
cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200303:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1 build_20200303VulnerableQNAP
cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200319:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1 build_20200319VulnerableQNAP
cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200424:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.1 build_20200424VulnerableQNAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·QNAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 Vulnerable ·QNAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200211:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 build_20200211 Vulnerable ·QNAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200303:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 build_20200303 Vulnerable ·QNAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200319:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 build_20200319 Vulnerable ·QNAP
  • cpe:2.3:a:qnap:qes:2.1.1:build_20200424:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.1 build_20200424 Vulnerable ·QNAP

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA QES (QNAP Systems Inc.) Fixed in 2.1.1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    QNAP Systems QES 2.1.1

    4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 3 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2020-02215 Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in QESPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2020-02216 Absolute path traversal vulnerability in QESPriority LOW 35
    • TI-2020-02217 Sensitive information via generation of error messages vulnerability in QESPriority LOW 12
    Show all 4 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-2499
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fwrf-6v6g-jrvx

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-02215 Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in QES CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2020-02216 Absolute path traversal vulnerability in QES CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-02217 Sensitive information via generation of error messages vulnerability in QES CVSS 3.1LOW 2.3

Sources

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