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Remote Code Execution in Streams module

High
Kowlin published GHSA-7257-96vg-qf6x Aug 20, 2020

Package

pip red-discordbot (pip)

Affected versions

<= 3.3.11

Patched versions

3.3.12, 3.4

Description

Impact

A RCE exploit has been discovered in the Streams module: this exploit allows Discord users with specifically crafted "going live" messages to inject code into the Streams module's going live message. By abusing this exploit, it's possible to perform destructive actions and/or access sensitive information.

Patches

This critical exploit has been fixed on version 3.3.12 & 3.4.

Workarounds

Unloading the Streams module with unload streams can render this exploit not accessible. We still highly recommend updating to 3.3.12 or 3.4 to completely patch this issue.

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Severity

High

CVE ID

CVE-2020-15147

Weaknesses

No CWEs

Credits