Improper authentication in Photo Station

published 2022-05-05 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-30916

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

An improper authentication vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP device running Photo Station. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to compromise the security of the system. We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions of Photo Station: Photo Station 6.0.20 ( 2022/02/15 ) and later Photo Station 5.7.16 ( 2022/02/11 ) and later Photo Station 5.4.13 ( 2022/02/11 ) and later

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

QNAP Systems Inc. Photo Station 5.4.13 ( 2022/02/11 ), 5.7.16 ( 2022/02/11 ), 6.0.20 ( 2022/02/15 )

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Exploit prediction

0.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	10.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

QNAP Systems Inc. Photo Station

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

qnap.com /en/security-advisory/qsa-22-15
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-44057
NVD CVE-2021-44057

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