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QNAP QTS: CVE-2021-44053: Multiple Vulnerabilities in QTS, QuTS hero, and QuTScloud

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 6, 2022
Added
Aug 4, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported to affect QTS, QuTS hero, and QuTScloud: CVE-2021-44051: Command injection vulnerability If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to run arbitrary commands. CVE-2021-44052: Improper link resolution before file access ("link following") vulnerability If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to traverse the file system to unintended locations and read or overwrite files. CVE-2021-44053: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability If exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to inject malicious code. CVE-2021-44054: Open redirect vulnerability If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to redirect users to an untrusted page that contains malware. We have already fixed the vulnerabilities in the following versions of QTS, QuTS hero, and QuTScloud: QTS 5.0.0.1986 build 20220324 and later QTS 4.5.4.1991 build 20220329 and later QTS 4.3.6.1965 build 20220302 and later QTS 4.3.4.1976 build 20220303 and later QTS 4.3.3.1945 build 20220303 and later QTS 4.2.6 build 20220304 and later QuTS hero h5.0.0.1986 build 20220324 and later QuTS hero h4.5.4.1971 build 20220310 and later QuTScloud c5.0.1.1998 and later

Solution

qnap-qts-upgrade-latest
Title
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