Remote Code Execution (RCE) Exploit on Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability

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
• Over on the official Red Server or at the Third Party Server Toxic Layer