{"id":"CVE-2020-15140","aliases":["GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4","PYSEC-2020-265"],"title":"Remote Code Execution in Red Discord Bot","summary":"Remote Code Execution in Red Discord Bot","severity":"high","cvss":8.2,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","vendor":"red-discordbot","product":"red-discordbot","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["red-discordbot < 3.3.11"],"patched":["red-discordbot 3.3.11"],"published":"2020-08-21","updated":"2026-07-08","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/security/advisories/GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15140"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/pull/4175/commits/9ab536235bafc2b42c3c17d7ce26f1cc64482a81"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/red-discordbot/PYSEC-2020-265.yaml"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.01156,"epssPercentile":0.65642,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:45.778Z","slug":"CVE-2020-15140","body":"## Overview\n\n### Impact\nA RCE exploit has been discovered in the Trivia module: this exploit allows Discord users with specifically crafted usernames to inject code into the Trivia module's leaderboard command. By abusing this exploit, it's possible to perform destructive actions and/or access sensitive information.\n\n### Patches\nThis critical exploit has been fixed on version 3.3.11.\n\n### Workarounds\nUnloading the Trivia module with ``unload trivia`` can render this exploit not accessible. We still highly recommend updating to 3.3.11 to completely patch this issue.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/pull/4175\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Open an issue in [Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot](https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot)\n* Over on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/red)\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `red-discordbot < 3.3.11`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `red-discordbot 3.3.11`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":45,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":45.1,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}