CVE-2020-2503
Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in QES
If exploited, this stored cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to inject malicious code in File Station. QNAP has already fixed these issues in QES 2.1.1 Build 20201006 and later.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in QES
If exploited, this stored cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to inject malicious code in File Station. QNAP has already fixed these issues in QES 2.1.1 Build 20201006 and later.
- Record
CVE-2020-2503- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-80, CWE-749
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-22296
If exploited, this stored cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to inject malicious code in File Station. QNAP has already fixed these issues in QES 2.1.1 Build 20201006 and later.
- Record
EUVD-2020-22296- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v96c-c8j8-qhm7 No score
If exploited, this stored cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to...
If exploited, this stored cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to inject malicious code in File Station. QNAP has already fixed these issues in QES 2.1.1 Build 20201006 and later.
- Record
GHSA-v96c-c8j8-qhm7- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
If exploited, this stored cross-site scripting vulnerability could allow remote attackers to inject malicious code in File Station. QNAP has already fixed these issues in QES 2.1.1 Build 20201006 and later.
- Record
CVE-2020-2503- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-80, CWE-749
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-2503 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.0) in Qnap Qes, published December 24, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.79%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.