What is CVE-2018-0728?

CVE-2018-0728 is a high-severity vulnerability in QNAP Helpdesk, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2018-0728?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in QNAP Helpdesk

CVE-2018-0728

This improper access control vulnerability in Helpdesk allows attackers to access the system logs. To fix the vulnerability, QNAP recommend updating QTS and Helpdesk to their latest versions.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2019-12-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

QNAP Helpdesk
QNAP Qts
QNAP Nas Devices — versions All QTS versions: Helpdesk before version 3.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

www.qnap.com/zh-tw/security-advisory/nas-201911-20 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0728?: CVE-2018-0728 is a high-severity vulnerability in QNAP Helpdesk, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2018-0728?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.