CVE-2019-15302 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published 11 Sep 2019 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Remote attackers with edit access can corrupt Rich Text pads via URL manipulation, causing data loss in CryptPad.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2019-15302?

CVE-2019-15302 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Sep 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The pad management logic in XWiki labs CryptPad before 3.0.0 allows a remote attacker (who has access to a Rich Text pad with editing rights for the URL) to corrupt it (i.e., cause data loss) via a trivial URL modification.

Weakness: CWE-404

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15302?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Xwiki Cryptpad.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15302?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15302 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2019-15302 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15302 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-gwjm-w339-m6p5.