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    CVE-2020-22785

    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.

    Published:Apr 28, 2021
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Apr 28, 2021
    EPSS Score:0.0028
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Etherpad
    Product
    Etherpad

    Exploits

    https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3833https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/pull/3833

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High