CVE-2024-32770
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect Photo Station. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers who have gained user access to inject malicious code. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: Photo Station 6.4.3 ( 2024/07/12 ) and later
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in QNAP Photo Station allows authenticated remote attackers with user-level access to inject malicious scripts, likely through unsanitized user input fields. The CVSS 5.4 indicates network-exploitable XSS requiring low privileges and some user interaction.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data>= 6.4.0, < 6.4.3CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Photo Station is installedAccess the QNAP NAS admin interface and navigate to App Station or the installed applications list to confirm Photo Station is present, or use the QNAP CLI 'qpkg -l | grep -i photo' to list installed packages.Affected if Photo Station is installed on the system
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Identify the installed Photo Station versionIn the QNAP admin panel, go to Photo Station > Settings > About, or use the command 'qpkg -i photo-station' to retrieve the package version information.Affected if The version displayed is 6.4.0, 6.4.1, or 6.4.2
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Check if Photo Station web interface is accessibleAttempt to reach the Photo Station login page at 'https://[NAS_IP]/photo/' or verify the service is running via the QNAP interface under App Station > Photo Station.Affected if The Photo Station web interface is accessible and accepts user authentication
You are affected if Photo Station is installed with a version between 6.4.0 and 6.4.2 inclusive, and the Photo Station web service is exposed and accepts authenticated user logins.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped6.4.3
Upgrade Photo Station to version 6.4.3 or later (released 2024/07/12) to remediate the vulnerability. This is a patch-based remediation requiring no special configuration changes beyond the software update.
Photo Station 6.4.3
- 1. Back up current Photo Station data and configuration before proceeding with the upgrade.
- 2. Access the QNAP admin interface (QTS or QuTScloud).
- 3. Navigate to Photo Station application management.
- 4. Upgrade Photo Station to version 6.4.3 or later available in the QNAP App Center.
- 5. Verify the upgrade completed successfully and the application is functioning normally.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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