# CVE-2024-38640: Download Station

> Authenticated users can inject malicious code via network in QNAP Download Station, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`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`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 6 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-58rh-53vh-8w68

## What is CVE-2024-38640?

CVE-2024-38640 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Download Station, published on 6 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38640?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qnap Download Station.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38640?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38640 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38640 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in QNAP Systems Inc. Download Station

- [CVE-2025-58463](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-58463/): Download Station (low 2.3)
- [CVE-2025-58465](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-58465/): Download Station (low 2.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38640 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38640 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in QNAP Systems Inc. Download Station, published on 6 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38640 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: QNAP Systems Inc. Download 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-2024-38640/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38640/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38640
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38640
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38640

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38640/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.