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CVE-2020-22783

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-312

Description

Etherpad <1.8.3 stored passwords used by users insecurely in the database and in log files. This affects every database backend supported by Etherpad.

Affected products

• etherpad-lite: before 1.8.3 — fixed in 1.8.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: etherpad-lite 1.8.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/53f126082a8b3d094e48b159f0f0bc8a5db4b2f4
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/3421
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/commit/53f126082a8b3d094e48b159f0f0bc8a5db4b2f4
• https://github.com/ether/etherpad-lite/issues/3421

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