Exploitation Summary
CVE-2020-15251 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).
Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/MirahezeBots/sopel-channelmgnt/security/advisories/GHSA-j257-jfvv-h3x5
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/MirahezeBots/sopel-channelmgnt/pull/3
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
https://phab.bots.miraheze.wiki/T117
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://pypi.org/project/sopel-plugins.channelmgnt/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/MirahezeBots/MirahezeBots/security/advisories/GHSA-23pc-4339-95vg
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://phab.bots.miraheze.wiki/phame/live/1/post/1/summary/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.7
EPSS
0.0113
EPSS Percentile
62.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2021-06-28
CWE
CWE-862
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (3)
mirahezebots/channelmgnt
< 1.0.3
pypi/sopel-plugins-channelmgnt
0 - 1.0.3PyPI
pypi/sopel_plugins.channelmgnt
0 - 1.0.3PyPI
Published
Oct 13, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026