# CVE-2023-23366: Music Station

> Authenticated users can exploit a path traversal flaw in QNAP Music Station to read arbitrary files and expose sensitive data.

- **Severity:** High 7.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wx23-v95c-hhrq

## What is CVE-2023-23366?

CVE-2023-23366 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Music Station, published on 6 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability has been reported to affect Music Station. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow authenticated users to read the contents of unexpected files and expose sensitive data via a network.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
Music Station 5.3.22 and later

Weakness: CWE-552 (Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties), CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23366?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap Music Station.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23366?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23366 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23366 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in QNAP Systems Inc. Music Station

- [CVE-2018-19950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-19950/): Command injection in Music Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0729/): Command injection in QNAP NAS devices (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-0718](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0718/): Command injection in Music Station (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-13069](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-13069/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-23365](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23365/): Music Station (high 7.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23366 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23366 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Music Station, published on 6 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. Music Station. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23366/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23366/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23366
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23366
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23366

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23366/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.