CVE-2018-9327 describes a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Etherpad versions 1.5.x and 1.6.x prior to 1.6.4, specifically when configured with DirtyDB, CouchDB, MongoDB, or RethinkDB. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a severe risk where an unauthenticated attacker can achieve full compromise of the server with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.5.0, <= 1.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:etherpad:etherpad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:etherpad:etherpad:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.