What is CVE-2020-22785?

CVE-2020-22785 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2020-22785?

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

Resource exhaustion in Etherpad

CVE-2020-22785

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.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.4th 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-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-22785?: CVE-2020-22785 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2020-22785?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.