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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTU1ajktODQ5eC0yNmg0
Remote Code Execution in Red Discord Bot
Impact
A RCE exploit has been discovered in the Trivia module: this exploit allows Discord users with specifically crafted usernames to inject code into the Trivia module's leaderboard command. By abusing this exploit, it's possible to perform destructive actions and/or access sensitive information.
Patches
This critical exploit has been fixed on version 3.3.11.
Workarounds
Unloading the Trivia module with unload trivia
can render this exploit not accessible. We still highly recommend updating to 3.3.11 to completely patch this issue.
References
https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/pull/4175
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot
- Over on our Discord server
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: about 4 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago
CVSS Score: 8.2
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Identifiers: GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4, CVE-2020-15140
References:
- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/security/advisories/GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4
- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/pull/4175/commits/9ab536235bafc2b42c3c17d7ce26f1cc64482a81
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15140
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4
Blast Radius: 11.0
Affected Packages
pypi:Red-DiscordBot
Dependent packages: 2Dependent repositories: 22
Downloads: 446,074 last month
Affected Version Ranges: < 3.3.11
Fixed in: 3.3.11
All affected versions: 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5, 3.1.6, 3.1.7, 3.1.8, 3.1.9, 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5, 3.3.6, 3.3.7, 3.3.8, 3.3.9, 3.3.10
All unaffected versions: 3.3.11, 3.3.12, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.5, 3.4.6, 3.4.7, 3.4.8, 3.4.9, 3.4.10, 3.4.11, 3.4.12, 3.4.13, 3.4.14, 3.4.15, 3.4.16, 3.4.17, 3.4.18, 3.4.19, 3.5.0, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9, 3.5.10, 3.5.11, 3.5.12, 3.5.13