What is CVE-2021-37697?

CVE-2021-37697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tmerc-Cogs Project, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-37697?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Tmerc-Cogs Project

CVE-2021-37697

tmerc-cogs are a collection of open source plugins for the Red Discord bot. A vulnerability has been found in the code that allows any user to access sensitive information by crafting a specific membership event message. Issue is patched in commit d63c49b4cfc30c795336e4fff08cba3795e0fcc0. As a workaround users may unload the Welcome cog.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.007 (50.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Tmerc-cogs_project Tmerc-cogs
Tmercswims Tmerc-cogs — versions < d63c49b4cfc30c795336e4fff08cba3795e0fcc0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37697?: CVE-2021-37697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tmerc-Cogs Project, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-37697?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.