CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2018-19942 — A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect earlier versions of File Station

Medium CVSS 6.1

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect earlier versions of File Station. If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject malicious code. We have already fixed this vulnerability in the following versions: QTS 4.5.2.1566 build 20210202 (and later) QTS 4.5.1.1456 build 20201015 (and later) QTS 4.3.6.1446 build 20200929 (and later) QTS 4.3.4.1463 build 20201006 (and later) QTS 4.3.3.1432 build 20201006 (and later) QTS 4.2.6 build 20210327 (and later) QuTS hero h4.5.1.1472 build 20201031 (and later) QuTScloud c4.5.4.1601 build 20210309 (and later) QuTScloud c4.5.3.1454 build 20201013 (and later)

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.1 (3.1)
Published
2021-04-16
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-79, CWE-80

Affected products

  • qnap / qts
  • qnap / qts / 4.2.6

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Matched remediation archetype

Cross-site scripting and unsafe browser output

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Check exposure

  • Trace reflected, stored, and DOM-derived untrusted values into HTML, attributes, URLs, styles, scripts, and client-side template sinks.
  • Identify affected origins, authenticated user roles, sensitive browser capabilities, and where content is shared across tenants.
  • Review framework escaping, rich-text sanitization, legacy templates, and client-side rendering paths.

Remediate safely

  • Use context-aware framework output encoding and safe DOM APIs; keep untrusted data out of executable contexts.
  • Sanitize intentionally supported markup with a maintained allowlist policy and validate URLs and attributes separately.
  • Update affected rendering components and add tests for every output context using inert sentinel markup.

Authoritative sources

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