9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2021-29465
Discord-Recon File Overwrite RCE
Description

Discord-Recon is a bot for the Discord chat service. Versions of Discord-Recon 0.0.3 and prior contain a vulnerability in which a remote attacker is able to overwrite any file on the system with the command results. This can result in remote code execution when the user overwrite important files on the system. As a workaround, bot maintainers can edit their `setting.py` file then add `<` and `>` into the `RCE` variable inside of it to fix the issue without an update. The vulnerability is patched in version 0.0.4.

INFO

Published Date :

April 22, 2021, 1:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 18, 2022, 8:49 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-29465 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Demon1a discord-recon
1 Discord discord-recon
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://github.com/DEMON1A/Discord-Recon/security/advisories/GHSA-6pp2-rpj3-jcjx Mitigation Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-29465 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE NIST CWE-78
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 27, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/DEMON1A/Discord-Recon/security/advisories/GHSA-6pp2-rpj3-jcjx No Types Assigned https://github.com/DEMON1A/Discord-Recon/security/advisories/GHSA-6pp2-rpj3-jcjx Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:discord:discord-recon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.0.4
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.48 }} 0.06%

score

0.76266

percentile

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