Firepad up to 1.5.11 Pad ID information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in Firepad up to 1.5.11. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Pad ID Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-51210. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Firepad up to 1.5.11. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Pad ID Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Firepad through 1.5.11 allows remote attackers, who have knowledge of a pad ID, to retrieve both the current text of a document and all content that has previously been pasted into the document. NOTE: in several similar products, this is the intentional behavior for anyone who knows the full document ID and corresponding URL. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

The advisory is shared at medium.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-51210 since 10/28/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Firepad

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10
• 1.5.11

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• end of life

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