CVE-2024-52505 matrix-appservice-irc allows IRC Command injection in provisioning API
Attackers can execute arbitrary IRC commands via the provisioning API, requiring an upgrade to the patched version.
- 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-2024-52505?
CVE-2024-52505 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in matrix-org matrix-appservice-irc, published on 14 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
matrix-appservice-irc is a Node.js IRC bridge for the Matrix messaging protocol. The provisioning API of the matrix-appservice-irc bridge up to version 3.0.2 contains a vulnerability which can lead to arbitrary IRC command execution as the bridge IRC bot. The vulnerability has been patched in matrix-appservice-irc version 3.0.3.
Weakness: CWE-147
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52505?
How do I fix CVE-2024-52505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2024-52505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-52505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c3hj-hg7p-rrq5.