ubuntu-cve-2020-15251
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-10-13 18:15
Modified
2025-10-24 04:48
Summary
Details

In the Channelmgnt plug-in for Sopel (a Python IRC bot) before version 1.0.3, malicious users are able to op/voice and take over a channel. This is an ACL bypass vulnerability. This plugin is bundled with MirahezeBot-Plugins with versions from 9.0.0 and less than 9.0.2 affected. Version 9.0.2 includes 1.0.3 of channelmgnt, and thus is safe from this vulnerability. See referenced GHSA-23pc-4339-95vg.

Severity
7.7 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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          {
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            "binary_version": "6.3.0-1"
          },
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          }
        ]
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      },
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            }
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        }
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    },
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      },
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    },
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          {
            "binary_name": "sopel",
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          }
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      },
      "package": {
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      },
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        }
      ],
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          {
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      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "sopel",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sopel@6.6.9-2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
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        {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In the Channelmgnt plug-in for Sopel (a Python IRC bot) before version 1.0.3, malicious users are able to op/voice and take over a channel. This is an ACL bypass vulnerability. This plugin is bundled with MirahezeBot-Plugins with versions from 9.0.0 and less than 9.0.2 affected. Version 9.0.2 includes 1.0.3 of channelmgnt, and thus is safe from this vulnerability. See referenced GHSA-23pc-4339-95vg.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15251",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:48:35Z",
  "published": "2020-10-13T18:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-15251"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/MirahezeBots/sopel-channelmgnt/pull/3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/MirahezeBots/sopel-channelmgnt/security/advisories/GHSA-j257-jfvv-h3x5"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://phab.bots.miraheze.wiki/T117"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/sopel-plugins.channelmgnt/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-15251"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-15251"
  ]
}



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