Discord · Red Discord Bot · CVE-2020-15278
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Red Discord Bot versions prior to 3.4.1
**Description**
The issue is an unauthorized privilege escalation exploit in the Mod module, allowing Discord users with high privilege levels within a guild to bypass hierarchy checks under specific conditions. This can lead to destructive actions within the guild. The exploit has been fixed in version 3.4.1. As a temporary workaround, unloading the Mod module or disabling the massban command can render the exploit inaccessible.
**Recommendations**
For versions prior to 3.4.1, update to version 3.4.1 to completely patch the issue.
As a temporary workaround, consider unloading the Mod module with `unload mod` or disabling the `massban` command with `command disable global massban` to minimize the risk of exploitation.