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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-15140

In Red Discord Bot before version 3.3.11, a 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. This critical exploit has been fixed on version 3.3.11.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2020-15140

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Aug 2020, 17:15 UTC

In Red Discord Bot before version 3.3.11, a 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. This critical exploit has been fixed on version 3.3.11.

osv:CVE-2020-15140
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-15140",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "In Red Discord Bot before version 3.3.11, a 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. This critical exploit has been fixed on version 3.3.11.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-15140",
    "products": [],
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        "GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4",
        "PYSEC-2020-265"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:52.177371140Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/security/advisories/GHSA-55j9-849x-26h4",
        "https://github.com/Cog-Creators/Red-DiscordBot/pull/4175/commits/9ab536235bafc2b42c3c17d7ce26f1cc64482a81"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383055,
  "published_at": "2020-08-21T17:15:13.287+00:00"
}