{"id":"CVE-2018-9327","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-9327","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:48:51.567Z","title":"Etherpad 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server.","description":"Etherpad 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server. The instance has to be configured to use a document database (DirtyDB, CouchDB, MongoDB, or RethinkDB).","published":"2018-04-07T21:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:06:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["etherpad/etherpad"],"epss":{"score":0.0155,"percentile":0.74954,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://blog.etherpad.org/2018/04/07/important-release-1-6-4/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://blog.etherpad.org/2018/04/07/important-release-1-6-4/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9327","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}