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VulnerabilityCVE-2019-7192Published 2019-12-05

CVE-2019-7192 — Qnap Photo Station

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As of 2025-10-21, CVE-2019-7192 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Qnap Photo Station, CVSS v3.1 9.8, EPSS 88.1% (99.7th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-06-08), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2022-06-22, and CISA links it to known ransomware campaigns. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2019-7192, most recently “AI-Augmented FortiGate Mass Exploitation — Russian-Speaking Actor Breaches 600+ Firewalls Across 55 Countries Using LLM-Generated Tooling and Custom MCP Framework”.

CVSS v3.1
9.8/10Critical
EPSS
88.1%Higher than 99.7% of scored CVEs
CISA KEV
ListedAdded · due 2022-06-22
Tracked threats
1Campaigns referencing it
Priority
10/10Threadlinqs triage score
Published
Updated 2025-10-21
CVSS v3.1 9.8 (CRITICAL) · EPSS 88.1% (higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 10/10 · Published 2019-12-05

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What is CVE-2019-7192?

This improper access control vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain unauthorized access to the system. To fix these vulnerabilities, QNAP recommend updating Photo Station to their latest versions.

The record classifies CVE-2019-7192 under weakness class CWE-863. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 4 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 2503 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score
9.8 — CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST)
88.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV
Listed since 2022-06-08, federal remediation deadline 2022-06-22 — used in known ransomware campaigns
Threadlinqs priority
10/10 — CISA lists it as used in ransomware, which Threadlinqs scores at the maximum
Published
2019-12-05, last modified 2025-10-21

Is CVE-2019-7192 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2019-7192 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2022-06-22 under BOD 22-01. CISA flags the vulnerability as one used in known ransomware campaigns. Weaponised exploit code for CVE-2019-7192 is publicly available. 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are tracked for this identifier. A ProjectDiscovery Nuclei detection template exists (http/cves/2019/CVE-2019-7192.yaml). It currently carries a trending score of 50 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

  • Qnap: Photo Station, Qts 4.4.1, Qts, Qts 4.2.6

How to fix CVE-2019-7192

Vendor advisory: https://www.qnap.com/zh-tw/security-advisory/nas-201911-25. Because CVE-2019-7192 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2022-06-22. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2019-7192

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2019-7192, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, CISA KEV, GitHub Security Advisories, public proof-of-concept repositories, ProjectDiscovery Nuclei. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .

Vendor advisory and patch

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