What is CVE-2021-34816?

CVE-2021-34816 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-34816?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Etherpad

CVE-2021-34816

An Argument Injection issue in the plugin management of Etherpad 1.8.13 allows privileged users to execute arbitrary code on the server by installing plugins from an attacker-controlled source.

EPSS: 0.022 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Etherpad — versions 1.8.13
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-34816?: CVE-2021-34816 is a high-severity vulnerability in Etherpad, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2021-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-34816?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.