Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-21901

Medium

Published: 08 March 2024

Published
08 March 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0510 90.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-21901 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Qnap Qts. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 10.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

A SQL injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-21901 has been identified in myQNAPcloud. The flaw, assigned CWE-89, resides in the myQNAPcloud component and affects installations running on QTS. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.7, indicating a network-accessible issue that requires high privileges.

Authenticated administrators can exploit the vulnerability over a network to inject arbitrary SQL commands. Successful exploitation could allow limited reading, modification, or disruption of data within the affected component, though the attack is constrained by the need for administrative credentials.

QNAP has released fixes in myQNAPcloud 1.0.52 dated November 24, 2023, and later, along with QTS 4.5.4.2627 build 20231225 and subsequent builds. The vendor's advisory QSA-24-09 recommends applying these updates to eliminate the exposure.

The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0510 with no material increase since disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A SQL injection vulnerability has been reported to affect myQNAPcloud. 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: myQNAPcloud 1.0.52 ( 2023/11/24 )…

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and later QTS 4.5.4.2627 build 20231225 and later

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

qnap
myqnapcloud
≤ 1.0.52
qnap
qts
4.5.4.2627 · ≤ 4.5.4.2627

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-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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