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CVE-2020-5302 Details

Description

MH-WikiBot (an IRC Bot for interacting with the Miraheze API), had a bug that allowed any unprivileged user to access the steward commands on the IRC interface by impersonating the Nickname used by a privileged user as no check was made to see if they were logged in. The issue has been fixed in commit 23d9d5b0a59667a5d6816fdabb960b537a5f9ed1.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.2 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/examknow/MH-WikiBot/compare/2eac90d...1a62da1	CVE
https://github.com/examknow/MH-WikiBot/security/advisories/GHSA-7hf3-wvp8-34r9	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/examknow/MH-WikiBot/compare/2eac90d...1a62da1	[email protected]
https://github.com/examknow/MH-WikiBot/security/advisories/GHSA-7hf3-wvp8-34r9	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]
CWE-284	Improper Access Control	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mh-wikibot project mh-wikibot	< 2020-04-06
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mh-wikibot_project:mh-wikibot:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 9, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 9, 2020	Initial Analysis	[email protected]