CVE-2020-5302 | BDVDB-2026-133602 Detail

examknowMH-WikiBot

Description#

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact low, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12020-04-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-04Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2020-04-07
Last modified: 2024-08-04

Vendor information

Vendor: examknow
Product: MH-WikiBot

All examknow vulnerabilities

Score

8.2 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 59.8.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Improper Access Control

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< commit 23d9d5b0a59667a5d6816fdabb960b537a5f9ed1
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

8.2 High

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

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Changed
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	Low
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).