CVE-2020-22785
HIGHEtherpad < 1.8.3 - Denial of Service via Pad Import Endpoint
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3833
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0107
EPSS Percentile
60.5%
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-770
Status
published
Products (1)
etherpad/etherpad
< 1.8.3
Published
Apr 28, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026