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CVE-2015-2298

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

node/utils/ExportEtherpad.js in Etherpad 1.5.x before 1.5.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging an improper substring check when exporting a padID.

Affected products

• etherpad-lite: 1.5.0, 1.5.0-d, 1.5.1

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/3
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/a0fb65205c7d7ff95f00eb9fd88e93b300f30c3d
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/releases/tag/1.5.2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/3
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/a0fb65205c7d7ff95f00eb9fd88e93b300f30c3d
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/releases/tag/1.5.2

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