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CVE-2015-3309

HIGH

7.5

CVSS Score

Published: February 13, 2020 at 07:45 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorEtherpad

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Severity

HIGH7.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in node/utils/Minify.js in Etherpad 1.1.2 through 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files with permissions of the user running the service via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter of HTTP API requests. NOTE: This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-3297.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Etherpad · Etherpad

95%

1.1.2 ≤ v ≤ 1.5.4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-3309

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/16/8

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/0fa7650df8f940ed6b577d79836a78eb09726c4b

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Complexity: LOW
Privileges: NONE
User Interaction: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality: HIGH
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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