CVE-2026-47175: CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in duck-organization quest-bot
Quest Bot is an opensource modern Discord Bot built for moderation, utilities and support. Prior to version 1.0.4, several moderation commands echo user-controlled reason text in public bot replies without disabling mention parsing. A moderator who does not have permission to mention everyone can still make the bot send @everyone or @here if the bot has that permission. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.4.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-47175 is an improper encoding or escaping of output vulnerability (CWE-116) in the open-source Discord moderation bot 'quest-bot' by duck-organization. Before version 1.0.4, certain moderation commands reflect user-supplied reason text in public bot replies without disabling mention parsing. Consequently, a moderator lacking permission to mention everyone can leverage the bot's permissions to send @everyone or @here mentions. This behavior was addressed and patched in version 1.0.4.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows moderators without direct permission to mention everyone or here to indirectly cause the bot to send these mentions, potentially leading to unwanted mass notifications in Discord channels. The impact is limited by the requirement that the bot itself must have the permission to mention everyone, and the CVSS score rates this as a low-severity issue.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade quest-bot to version 1.0.4 or later, where this issue has been fixed. No other mitigation is required as the patch addresses the improper mention parsing.
CVE-2026-47175: CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output in duck-organization quest-bot
Description
Quest Bot is an opensource modern Discord Bot built for moderation, utilities and support. Prior to version 1.0.4, several moderation commands echo user-controlled reason text in public bot replies without disabling mention parsing. A moderator who does not have permission to mention everyone can still make the bot send @everyone or @here if the bot has that permission. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.4.
CVSS v4.0
Score 2.3low
Affected software
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Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-47175 is an improper encoding or escaping of output vulnerability (CWE-116) in the open-source Discord moderation bot 'quest-bot' by duck-organization. Before version 1.0.4, certain moderation commands reflect user-supplied reason text in public bot replies without disabling mention parsing. Consequently, a moderator lacking permission to mention everyone can leverage the bot's permissions to send @everyone or @here mentions. This behavior was addressed and patched in version 1.0.4.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows moderators without direct permission to mention everyone or here to indirectly cause the bot to send these mentions, potentially leading to unwanted mass notifications in Discord channels. The impact is limited by the requirement that the bot itself must have the permission to mention everyone, and the CVSS score rates this as a low-severity issue.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade quest-bot to version 1.0.4 or later, where this issue has been fixed. No other mitigation is required as the patch addresses the improper mention parsing.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-18T21:25:34.497Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a2b05d1815e7002b81ea671
Added to database: 06/11/2026, 19:00:33 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 18:25:37 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:59 UTC
Views: 63
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