Cross-site scripting in QNAP File Station 5
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect File Station 5. If a remote attacker gains a user account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to bypass security mechanisms or read application data. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: File Station 5 5.5.6.5018 and later
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA File Station 5 (QNAP Systems Inc.) Fixed in 5.5.6.5018
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
QNAP Systems File Station 5 5.5.6.5018
9 records Highest priority Priority LOW 9 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-29778 NULL pointer dereference in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 24
- TI-2025-33359 Resource allocation without limits in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 23
- TI-2025-33356 Resource allocation without limits in QNAP File Station 5Priority LOW 23
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-57706
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-84gm-v5xp-w9qf
References
More QNAP File Station vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-24025 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21598 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21273 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21272 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2025-21271 Improper certificate validation in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.3
- TI-2026-19932 Incorrect authorization in QNAP File Station 5 CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.2
Sources
- CVE-2025-57706 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-57706 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-84gm-v5xp-w9qf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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