{"id":"CVE-2020-26249","aliases":["GHSA-hm45-mgqm-gjm4","PYSEC-2020-98"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26249","summary":"Remote Code Execution (RCE) Exploit on Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability","details":"### Impact\nA RCE exploit has been discovered in the Red Discord Bot - Dashboard Webserver: this exploit allows Discord users with specially crafted Server names and Usernames/Nicknames to inject code into the webserver front-end code.  By abusing this exploit, it's possible to perform destructive actions and/or access sensitive information.\n\n### Patches\nThis high severity exploit has been fixed on version `0.1.7a`.\n\n### Workarounds\nThere are no workarounds, bot owners must upgrade their relevant packages (Dashboard module and Dashboard webserver) in order to patch this issue\n\n### References\n- 99d88b8\n- a6b9785\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard](https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/issues/new/choose)\n* Over on the official [Red Server](https://discord.gg/red) or at the Third Party Server [Toxic Layer](https://discord.gg/vQZTdB9)","published":"2020-12-09T00:15:13.157Z","modified":"2026-07-08T06:00:40.351678765Z","cvss":{"score":8.7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"red-dashboard","fixedVersion":"0.1.7a"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/commit/99d88b840674674166ce005b784ae8e31e955ab1","label":"Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard@99d88b8"},"references":[{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/commit/99d88b840674674166ce005b784ae8e31e955ab1"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/commit/a6b9785338003ec87fb75305e7d1cc2d40c7ab91"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-hm45-mgqm-gjm4"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/Red-Dashboard"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26249"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/red-dashboard/PYSEC-2020-98.yaml"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-07-08T06:00:40.351678765Z"}}