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CVE-2015-10096

5.0 · MEDIUM

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Zarthus IRC Twitter Announcer Bot up to 1.1.0.

Published Mar 20, 2023CWE-77EPSS 1.78%

Overview

CVE-2015-10096 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 20, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Zarthus IRC Twitter Announcer Bot up to 1.1.0. This affects the function get_tweets of the file lib/twitterbot/plugins/twitter_announcer.rb. The manipulation of the argument tweet leads to command injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version 1.1.1 is able to address this issue. The patch is named 6b1941b7fc2c70e1f40981b43c84a2c20cc12bd3. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223383.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

GitHubgithub.com/Zarthus/irc-twitter-bot/commit/6b1941b7fc2c70e1f40981b43c84a2c20cc12bd3GitHubgithub.com/Zarthus/irc-twitter-bot/releases/tag/v1.1.1Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.223383Refvuldb.com/?id.223383GitHubgithub.com/Zarthus/irc-twitter-bot/commit/6b1941b7fc2c70e1f40981b43c84a2c20cc12bd3GitHubgithub.com/Zarthus/irc-twitter-bot/releases/tag/v1.1.1Refvuldb.com/?ctiid.223383Refvuldb.com/?id.223383

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-10096?

CVE-2015-10096 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on March 20, 2023 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2015-10096?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2015-10096?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2015-10096?

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