CVE intelligence and bounded remediation
CVE-2021-37696 — tmerc-cogs are a collection of open source plugins for the Red Discord bot
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 MassDM message. Issue is patched in commit 92325be650a6c17940cc52611797533ed95dbbe1. All users are advised to update to the current commit. As a workaround users may unload the MassDM cog or globally disable the `[p]massdm` command.
- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (3.1)
- Published
- 2021-08-11
- CISA KEV
- Not currently listed
- Ecosystem
- software/application
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Affected products
- tmerc-cogs_project / tmerc-cogs
Matched remediation archetype
Authentication bypass and missing authentication
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Check exposure
- Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
- Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
- Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.
Remediate safely
- Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
- Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
- Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.
Authoritative sources
Complete CVE record and remediation plan
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