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Remote Code Execution in Trivia module

High
Kowlin published GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4 Aug 20, 2020

Package

pip red-discordbot (pip)

Affected versions

<=3.3.10

Patched versions

3.3.11, 3.4

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

#4175

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Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2020-15140

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits