CVE-2021-37697 Sensitive information leak in Welcome of tmerc-cogs

High 7.1 Published Updated

Attackers can access sensitive information in tmerc-cogs by crafting specific membership event messages, affecting Red Discord bot users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-37697?

CVE-2021-37697 is a high-severity vulnerability in tmercswims tmerc-cogs, published on 11 Aug 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

tmerc-cogs are a collection of open source plugins for the Red Discord bot. A vulnerability has been found in the code that allows any user to access sensitive information by crafting a specific membership event message. Issue is patched in commit d63c49b4cfc30c795336e4fff08cba3795e0fcc0. As a workaround users may unload the Welcome cog.

Weakness: CWE-306

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37697?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tmerc-Cogs Project Tmerc-Cogs.

How do I fix CVE-2021-37697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-37697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-77xv-8c2x-j96j.

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