---
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: 0.69289
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:50.278Z'
---

## Overview

### Impact
A 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.

### Patches
This high severity exploit has been fixed on version `0.1.7a`.

### Workarounds
There are no workarounds, bot owners must upgrade their relevant packages (Dashboard module and Dashboard webserver) in order to patch this issue

### References
- 99d88b8
- a6b9785

### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard](https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-Dashboard/issues/new/choose)
* Over on the official [Red Server](https://discord.gg/red) or at the Third Party Server [Toxic Layer](https://discord.gg/vQZTdB9)

## Affected packages

- `red-dashboard < 0.1.7a`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `red-dashboard 0.1.7a`