CVE-2020-22785
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 28, 2021 at 08:22 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEtherpad
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.8.3
Affected range stops below 1.8.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3833CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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