Is CVE-2020-2499 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2020-2499 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2020-2499?

CVE-2020-2499 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2020-2499?

CVE-2020-2499 has an EPSS score of 1.36% (69th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2020-2499

MEDIUM

6.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A hard-coded password vulnerability has been reported to affect earlier versions of QES. If exploited, this vulnerability could allow attackers to log in with a hard-coded password. QNAP has already fixed the issue in QES 2.1.1 Build 20200515 and later.

CWE-259 CWE-522 CWE-798Hard-coded Credentials

How to fix

Remediation Available

qesNVD

Affected:< 2.1.1Fixed in:2.1.1CVE-2020-2499derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

1.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

69thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 69% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

qnap.com

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CVE-2023-5222	Medium	6.3	75%	-	-
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CVE-2025-8730	Critical	9.8	3.2%	-	-
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.