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CVE-2018-6834

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

static/js/pad_utils.js in Etherpad Lite before v1.6.3 has XSS via window.location.href.

Affected products

• Etherpad Lite: before 1.6.3 — fixed in 1.6.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Etherpad Lite 1.6.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/a03422b09468cdd5f192b05643311c705447588b
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/releases/tag/1.6.3
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/a03422b09468cdd5f192b05643311c705447588b
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/releases/tag/1.6.3

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