Remote file overwrite on discord-recon can result in DoS and Remote Code Execution

published 2021-04-22 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-16076

cvss: 8.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.0%; EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits: 0; none known

Discord-Recon is a bot for the Discord chat service. Versions of Discord-Recon 0.0.3 and prior contain a vulnerability in which a remote attacker is able to overwrite any file on the system with the command results. This can result in remote code execution when the user overwrite important files on the system. As a workaround, bot maintainers can edit their `setting.py` file then add `<` and `>` into the `RCE` variable inside of it to fix the issue without an update. The vulnerability is patched in version 0.0.4.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

discord discord-recon 0.0.4

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Exploit prediction

1.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

DEMON1A Discord-Recon

Classification

Weakness

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

References

github.com /DEMON1A/Discord-Recon/security/advisories/GHSA-6pp2-rpj3-jcjx
mitigation, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-29465
NVD CVE-2021-29465

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