VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-22785
Etherpad < 1.8.3 is affected by a missing lock check which could cause a denial of service.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.07%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Etherpad < 1.8.3 is affected by a missing lock check which could cause a denial of service. Aggressively targeting random pad import endpoints with empty data would flatten all pads due to lack of rate limiting and missing ownership check.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.07% probability · 63th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- etherpad/etherpad
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3833Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3833Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.