{"id":"CVE-2020-26249","aliases":["GHSA-hm45-mgqm-gjm4","PYSEC-2020-98"],"title":"Remote Code Execution (RCE) Exploit on Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability","summary":"Remote Code Execution (RCE) Exploit on Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability","severity":"high","cvss":7.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N","vendor":"red-dashboard","product":"red-dashboard","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["red-dashboard < 0.1.7a"],"patched":["red-dashboard 0.1.7a"],"published":"2020-12-08","updated":"2026-07-08","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hm45-mgqm-gjm4","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/security/advisories/GHSA-hm45-mgqm-gjm4"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26249"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/commit/99d88b840674674166ce005b784ae8e31e955ab1"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/commit/a6b9785338003ec87fb75305e7d1cc2d40c7ab91"},{"url":"https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/red-dashboard/PYSEC-2020-98.yaml"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/Red-Dashboard"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.01303,"epssPercentile":0.69238,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-08T18:25:50.278Z","slug":"CVE-2020-26249","body":"## Overview\n\n### 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)\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `red-dashboard < 0.1.7a`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `red-dashboard 0.1.7a`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.4,"likelihood":0.3,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}