CVE-2020-15278
Unauthorized privilege escalation in Mod module
Impact
### Impact An unauthorized privilege escalation exploit has been discovered in the Mod module: this exploit allows Discord users with a high privilege level within the guild to bypass hierarchy checks when the application is in a specific condition that is beyond that user's control. By abusing this exploit, it's possible to perform destructive actions within the guild the user has high privileges in. ### Patches This exploit has been fixed on version & ``3.4.1``. ### Workarounds Unloading the Mod module with ``unload mod`` __or__, disabling the ``massban`` command with ``command disable global massban`` can render this exploit not accessible. We still highly recommend updating to ``3.4.1`` to completely patch this issue. ### References * https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/commit/726bfd38adfdfaef760412a68e01447b470f438b ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot](https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot) * Over on our [Discord server](https://discord.gg/red)
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | red-discordbot | < 3.4.1 | 3.4.1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cogboard | Red Discord Bot | before 3.4.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/commit/726bfd38adfdfaef760412a68e01447b470f438b
- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/releases/tag/3.4.1
- https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/security/advisories/GHSA-mp9m-g7qj-6vqr
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mp9m-g7qj-6vqr
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15278
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/red-discordbot/PYSEC-2020-267.yaml