SB2017070713 - Path traversal in Etherpad
Published: July 7, 2017 Updated: December 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017070713
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-3297)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in node/utils/Minify.js in Etherpad 1.1.1 through 1.5.2. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging replacement of backslashes with slashes in the path parameter of HTTP API requests.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.