CVE-2020-5302 HIGH

CVE-2020-5302: unprivileged user can access priviledged action in MH-WikiBot

Vendor Examknow
Product MH-WikiBot
Weakness CWE-284
Published April 7, 2020
Last update August 4, 2024
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CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

MH-WikiBot (an IRC Bot for interacting with the Miraheze API), had a bug that allowed any unprivileged user to access the steward commands on the IRC interface by impersonating the Nickname used by a privileged user as no check was made to see if they were logged in. The issue has been fixed in commit 23d9d5b0a59667a5d6816fdabb960b537a5f9ed1.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 7, 2020 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated