What is CVE-2015-7261?

CVE-2015-7261 is a critical-severity vulnerability in QNAP Iartist Lite, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-27.

How severe is CVE-2015-7261?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in QNAP Iartist Lite

CVE-2015-7261

The FTP service in QNAP iArtist Lite before 1.4.54, as distributed with QNAP Signage Station before 2.0.1, has hardcoded credentials, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a session on TCP port 21.

Published 2016-02-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 74.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/444472 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-7261?: CVE-2015-7261 is a critical-severity vulnerability in QNAP Iartist Lite, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-02-27.
How severe is CVE-2015-7261?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.