CVE-2020-22781

HIGH

Etherpad < 1.8.3 - Denial of Service via Unhandled Exception in Cache Mechanism

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Etherpad < 1.8.3, a specially crafted URI would raise an unhandled exception in the cache mechanism and cause a denial of service (crash the instance).

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/3502

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0111
EPSS Percentile 62.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
etherpad/etherpad < 1.8.3
Published Apr 28, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026