Medium severity · published Nov 14, 2024
CVE-2024-52505
matrix-appservice-irc allows IRC Command injection in provisioning API
5.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
matrix-appservice-irc · matrix-org
< 3.0.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52505
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-52505
github.com
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/commit/4a024eae1a992b1ea67e71a998e0b833b54221e2
github.com
https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/security/advisories/GHSA-c3hj-hg7p-rrq5
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