# CVE-2023-47562: Photo Station


- **Severity:** High 7.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 7 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-36w5-pmj5-pph2

## What is CVE-2023-47562?

CVE-2023-47562 is a high-severity vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Photo Station, published on 2 Feb 2024. 

### Official description

An OS command injection vulnerability has been reported to affect Photo Station. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow authenticated users to execute commands via a network.

We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version:
Photo Station 6.4.2 ( 2023/12/15 ) and later

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command), CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-47562?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap Photo Station.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-47562?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-47562 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-47562 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in QNAP Systems Inc. Photo Station

- [CVE-2022-27593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27593/): QNAP Photo Station Externally Controlled Reference (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-7192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7192/): QNAP Photo Station Improper Access Control (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-7194](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7194/): QNAP Photo Station Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-7195](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-7195/): QNAP Photo Station Path Traversal (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-20210](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-20210/): Photo Station (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-47562 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-47562 is a high-severity vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Photo Station, published on 2 Feb 2024. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-47562 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. Photo 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-2023-47562/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47562/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-47562
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47562
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47562

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47562/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.