CVE-2020-15251
Privilege Escalation in Channelmgnt plug-in for Sopel
7.7
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
Description
In the Channelmgnt plug-in for Sopel (a Python IRC bot) before version 1.0.3, malicious users are able to op/voice and take over a channel. This is an ACL bypass vulnerability. This plugin is bundled with MirahezeBot-Plugins with versions from 9.0.0 and less than 9.0.2 affected. Version 9.0.2 includes 1.0.3 of channelmgnt, and thus is safe from this vulnerability. See referenced GHSA-23pc-4339-95vg.
How to fix CVE-2020-15251
To remediate CVE-2020-15251, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.0.3 or later
- —upgrade to 1.0.3 or later
Is CVE-2020-15251 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.3
- from 0, < 1.0.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |