CVE-2020-15140
HIGH8.2EPSS 0.28%Remote Code Execution in Red Discord Bot
Description
### 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](https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot) * Over on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/red)
Affected packages (2)
- PyPI/red-discordbotfrom 0, < 3.3.11
- PyPI/red-discordbotfrom 0, < 9ab536235bafc2b42c3c17d7ce26f1cc64482a81 | from 0, < 3.3.11
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References (5)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15140
- PATCHhttps://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot
- WEBhttps://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/pull/4175/commits/9ab536235bafc2b42c3c17d7ce26f1cc64482a81
- WEBhttps://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/security/advisories/GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/red-discordbot/PYSEC-2020-265.yaml