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CVE-2015-3297

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in node/utils/Minify.js in Etherpad 1.1.1 through 1.5.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging replacement of backslashes with slashes in the path parameter of HTTP API requests.

Affected products

• etherpad-lite: 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.2.0 (+20)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/11/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/12/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74056
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/9d4e5f6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/11/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/12/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74056
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/9d4e5f6

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