What is CVE-2015-3309?

CVE-2015-3309 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-3309?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Etherpad

CVE-2015-3309

Directory traversal vulnerability in node/utils/Minify.js in Etherpad 1.1.2 through 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files with permissions of the user running the service via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter of HTTP API requests. NOTE: This vulnerability is due to an incomplete fix to CVE-2015-3297.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.023 (81.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Etherpad
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-3309?: CVE-2015-3309 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-3309?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.