CVE-2015-3309 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2015-3309?

CVE-2015-3309 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-3309?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Etherpad Etherpad.

How do I fix CVE-2015-3309?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-3309 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2015-3309 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-3309 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2021-43802 Admin privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution via malicious *.etherpad imports Critical 9.9
• CVE-2018-9326 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6835 Etherpad Lite Access Restriction Bypass Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-9327 Code injection in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2020-22781 Denial of service in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fpgg-qjcj-58g7.