TI-2020-14396 Aliases CVE-2020-22785 GHSA-7wwq-q495-rfg3

Etherpad < 1.8.3 is affected by a missing lock check which could cause a denial of…

LOW 35CWE-770Published 2021-04-28 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-770.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01071 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:etherpad:etherpad::::::::	before 1.8.3	Vulnerable	Etherpad

cpe:2.3:a:etherpad:etherpad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.8.3 Vulnerable ·Etherpad

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-22785
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7wwq-q495-rfg3

References

Exploit 1

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

TI-2021-19608 Admin privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution via malicious *.etherpad imports CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2018-06747 Etherpad 1.6.3 before 1.6.4 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-04991 node/hooks/express/apicalls.js in Etherpad Lite before v1.6.3 mishandles JSONP, which… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2015-02917 Directory traversal vulnerability in node/utils/Minify.js in Etherpad 1.1.1 through 1.5.2… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2018-06748 Etherpad 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
TI-2015-03442 Directory traversal vulnerability in node/hooks/express/tests.js in Etherpad frontend tests before 1.6.1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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