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CVE-2020-26249

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  • Published2020-12-09
  • WeaknessCWE-79

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Description

Red Discord Bot Dashboard is an easy-to-use interactive web dashboard to control your Redbot. In Red Discord Bot before version 0.1.7a an RCE exploit has been discovered. 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. This high severity exploit has been fixed on version 0.1.7a. There are no workarounds, bot owners must upgrade their relevant packages (Dashboard module and Dashboard webserver) in order to patch this issue.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-12-0900:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Cogboard red-dashboard
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.1= 0.1.2no fix published
0.1= 0.1.3no fix published
0.1= 0.1.4no fix published
0.1= 0.1.5no fix published
0.1= 0.1.6no fix published
red-dashboard
BranchAffectedFixed in
0.1< 0.1.7a0.1.7a

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
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ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

  • CNACVSS 3.17.7read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.7read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.03.5read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-79read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.3 %2026-10-23
  • OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Published
2020-12-09
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26249?

Red Discord Bot Dashboard is an easy-to-use interactive web dashboard to control your Redbot. In Red Discord Bot before version 0.1.7a an RCE exploit has been discovered. 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. This high severity exploit has been fixed on version 0.1.7a. There are no workarounds, bot owners must upgrade their relevant packages (Dashboard module and Dashboard webserver) in order to patch this issue.

Is CVE-2020-26249 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-26249 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.3% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-26249?

CVE-2020-26249 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.7 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

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