CVE-2015-10096: A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Zarthus IRC Twitter Announcer Bot up to 1.1.0

Routine

MEDIUM 5.0DOWNGRADE

CVE-2015-10096 is a medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.0) affecting irc twitter announcer bot. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Zarthus IRC Twitter Announcer Bot up to 1.1.0. This affects the function get_tweets of the file lib/twitterbot/plugins/twitter_announcer.rb. The manipulation of the argument tweet leads to command injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Upgrading to version 1.1.1 is able to addr

Why this priority

No elevated risk signals yet

No fix is published yet: follow the downgrade or mitigation steps.

Risk facts

CVSS score	5.0 (Medium)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	High
Privileges needed	Low
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	1.8% (top 22%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-77
Published	2023-03-20
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): VulDB · Vendor: irc twitter announcer bot project

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2023-03-20 05:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 00:21 UTCUpdated Record last modified

irc twitter announcer bot project irc twitter announcer bot DOWNGRADE

Affected: 1.0.0

Fixed in: no fixed release known

Safe to downgrade to: a release before 1.0.0

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy irc-twitter-announcer-bot || rpm -q irc-twitter-announcer-bot || irc-twitter-announcer-bot --version

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE to a release before 1.0.0 (Debian / Ubuntu)

apt-cache madison irc-twitter-announcer-bot sudo apt install irc-twitter-announcer-bot=<VERSION_BEFORE_1.0.0> sudo apt-mark hold irc-twitter-announcer-bot

2. No fixed release: DOWNGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

dnf --showduplicates list irc-twitter-announcer-bot sudo dnf downgrade irc-twitter-announcer-bot-<VERSION_BEFORE_1.0.0> sudo dnf versionlock add irc-twitter-announcer-bot

Downgrade risk

Downgrading can break dependent software and may reopen older bugs. Read the distro advisory first and test on a non-production host.

After downgrade

Restart the service, and keep the package held until a fixed release ships.

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Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2015-10096?

irc twitter announcer bot: downgrade or apply the listed mitigation. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2015-10096 being exploited?

CVE-2015-10096 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2015-10096 affect?

CVE-2015-10096 affects irc twitter announcer bot. Severity is medium (CVSS 5.0). A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Zarthus IRC Twitter Announcer Bot up to 1.1.0. This affects the function get_tweets of the file lib/twitterbot/plugins/twitter_announcer.rb. The manipulation of the argument tw

How urgent is CVE-2015-10096?

Priority 37/100. No elevated risk signals yet.

References

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