What is CVE-2020-5302?

CVE-2020-5302 is a high-severity vulnerability in Examknow Mh-Wikibot, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-5302?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Examknow Mh-Wikibot

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (55.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Examknow Mh-wikibot — versions < commit 23d9d5b0a59667a5d6816fdabb960b537a5f9ed1
Mh-wikibot_project Mh-wikibot

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-5302?: CVE-2020-5302 is a high-severity vulnerability in Examknow Mh-Wikibot, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2020-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-5302?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.