Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.9
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. From 2.1.0 until 3.1.0, Etherpad's src/node/handler/APIHandler.ts authorizes requests to /api/2/ in the authorizationcode OAuth path by using requiredClaims with the admin claim. This check requires only that the claim exists, while src/node/security/OAuth2Provider.ts issues admin: false for configured non-admin users. A non-admin user with a valid signed token can therefore invoke administrative functions including setHTML, setText, appendText, deletePad, copyPad, movePad, restoreRevision, anonymizeAuthor, listAllPads, and listAuthorsOfPad, allowing disclosure, modification, or deletion of pads across the instance. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.0.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Etherpad 1.6.3 before 1.6.4 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.8
Input Validation
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

node/hooks/express/apicalls.js in Etherpad Lite before v1.6.3 mishandles JSONP, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

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First published (updated )
Severity
9.6
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. Prior to 3.3.1, result.appendSpan in src/static/js/domline.ts interpolates the start attribute of a numbered list directly into an unquoted ol start attribute before assigning the generated markup to node.innerHTML. ImportEtherpad.setPadRaw in src/node/utils/ImportEtherpad.ts accepts attacker-controlled attribute-pool values from a crafted .etherpad import, including list:number1 and a malicious start value. Any user with write access to a pad can store markup that executes as cross-site scripting when another user opens the pad or /timeslider, including when an administrator views the pad. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.1.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.1
Input Validation
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Etherpad 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the server. The instance has to be configured to use a document database (DirtyDB, CouchDB, MongoDB, or RethinkDB).

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Infoleak
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Etherpad 1.5.x and 1.6.x before 1.6.4 allows an attacker to export all the existing pads of an instance without knowledge of pad names.

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