What is CVE-2021-29493?

CVE-2021-29493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-Cogs, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2021-29493?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

RCE in Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-Cogs

CVE-2021-29493

Kennnyshiwa-cogs contains cogs for Red Discordbot. An RCE exploit has been found in the Tickets module of kennnyshiwa-cogs. This exploit allows discord users to craft a message that can reveal sensitive and harmful information. Users can upgrade to version 5a84d60018468e5c0346f7ee74b2b4650a6dade7 to receive a patch or, as a workaround, unload tickets to render the exploit unusable.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th 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

Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-cogs — versions < 5a84d60018468e5c0346f7ee74b2b4650a6dade7
Kennnyshiwa-cogs_project Kennnyshiwa-cogs

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-29493?: CVE-2021-29493 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kennnyshiwa Kennnyshiwa-Cogs, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2021-29493?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.