PT-2020-7835 · Etherpad · Etherpad

0X46616C6B · Published 2020-02-13 · Updated 2020-02-19 · CVE-2015-3309

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Etherpad versions 1.1.2 through 1.5.4

Description: A directory traversal issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files with the permissions of the user running the service. This is achieved by including a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter of HTTP API requests.

Recommendations: For versions 1.1.2 through 1.5.4, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Minify.js file in the node/utils directory until a patch is available. Avoid using the path parameter in affected HTTP API requests until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-3309

Affected Products

Etherpad

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3309 · Security Note
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/0fa7650df8f940ed6b577d79836a78eb09726c4b · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/16/8 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/1017 · Telegram Post
• http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-3309 · Note