Path Traversal in Demon1a Discord-Recon

CVE-2021-29466

Discord-Recon is a bot for the Discord chat service. In versions of Discord-Recon 0.0.3 and prior, a remote attacker is able to read local files from the server that can disclose important information. As a workaround, a bot maintainer can locate the file `app.py` and add `.replace('..', '')` into the `Path` variable inside of the `recon` function. The vulnerability is patched in version 0.0.4.

EPSS: 0.016 (73.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29466?
CVE-2021-29466 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Demon1a Discord-Recon, classified under CWE-24. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-22.
How severe is CVE-2021-29466?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.