CVE-2018-6835 describes a critical vulnerability in Etherpad Lite versions prior to v1.6.3, specifically within the node/hooks/express/apicalls.js component, where improper handling of JSONP allows remote attackers to bypass access restrictions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication or user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:etherpad:etherpad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.