Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-32969

Medium

Published: 08 March 2024

Published
08 March 2024
Modified
05 December 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0016 36.3th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-32969 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Qnap Qts. Its CVSS base score is 4.9 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 36.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect Network & Virtual Switch. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow authenticated administrators to inject malicious code via a network. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following versions: QuTScloud…

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c5.1.5.2651 and later QTS 5.1.4.2596 build 20231128 and later QuTS hero h5.1.4.2596 build 20231128 and later

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

qnap
qts
5.1.4.2596 · 5.1.0 — 5.1.4.2596
qnap
quts hero
h5.1.4.2596 · h5.1.0 — h5.1.4.2596
qnap
qutscloud
c5.0.0.1919 — c5.1.5.2651

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References