Qnap QES Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CVE-2020-2499)

high Tenable OT Security Plugin ID 502574

Synopsis

The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

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.

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Solution

Refer to the vendor advisory.

See Also

https://www.qnap.com/zh-tw/security-advisory/qsa-20-19

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 502574

Version: 1.2

Type: remote

Family: Tenable.ot

Published: 10/16/2024

Updated: 10/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Tenable OT Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-2499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:qnap:qes:2.1.1

Required KB Items: Tenable.ot/Qnap

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-2499

CWE: 259, 522, 798