What is CVE-2020-22781?

CVE-2020-22781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-22781?

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

SQL Injection in Etherpad

CVE-2020-22781

In Etherpad < 1.8.3, a specially crafted URI would raise an unhandled exception in the cache mechanism and cause a denial of service (crash the instance).

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th 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:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Etherpad
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-22781?: CVE-2020-22781 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-22781?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.