Firepad through 1.5.11 allows remote attackers, who have knowledge of a pad ID, to…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Firepad through 1.5.11 allows remote attackers, who have knowledge of a pad ID, to retrieve both the current text of a document and all content that has previously been pasted into the document. NOTE: in several similar products, this is the intentional behavior for anyone who knows the full document ID and corresponding URL. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | firepad (npm) | up to 1.5.11 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-4fh7-m2wx-6wfm |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- firepad (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 1.5.11 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-4fh7-m2wx-6wfm
CPE names CISA-ADP · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:firepad:firepad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | — |
- cpe:2.3:a:firepad:firepad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·—
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-51210
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4fh7-m2wx-6wfm
References
Other 5
- https://medium.com/@adityaahuja.work/accessing-full-history-of-firepad-users-ddc889e73936
- https://firebase.blog/posts/2013/04/announcing-firepad-our-open-source/
- https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/firepad/releases/tag/v1.5.11
- https://firebase.blog/posts/2013/04/announcing-firepad-our-open-source
- https://github.com/FirebaseExtended/firepad
Sources
- CVE-2024-51210 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-51210 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4fh7-m2wx-6wfm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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