Vulnerability Details : CVE-2020-5302

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.
Published 2020-04-07 16:15:19
Updated 2020-04-09 14:15:13
Source GitHub, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: BypassGain privilege

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-5302

EPSS FAQ
0.09%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 38 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2020-5302

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.4
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
10.0
4.9
 NIST
6.5
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
3.9
2.5
 NIST
8.2
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
2.8
4.7
 GitHub, Inc.

CWE ids for CVE-2020-5302

  • The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
    Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

References for CVE-2020-5302

Products affected by CVE-2020-5302

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