Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessJoin server running bot as ordinary member
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DeliveryRegister domain with short-TTL rebinding DNS
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ExploitInvoke image-to-GIF command with attacker domain
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ExecutionFlip DNS from public to internal address on second lookup
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PersistBot fetches internal HTTPS:443 service
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ImpactReturn genuine image from loopback/internal endpoint
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Attacker must (1) be an ordinary member of a Discord server that has the bot installed - the image-to-GIF command's developer-only gate is disabled in normal deployments, so no elevated permissions are needed; (2) control a domain with authoritative DNS set to a very short cache lifetime so it can answer a public address during the validation lookup and an internal address (e.g. loopback) during the actual request; and (3) target a service on the bot's host/internal network that speaks HTTPS on port 443 AND returns a genuine image for content to come back. Limiting factors that reduce realistic risk: exploitation requires winning a DNS-rebinding timing race (CVSS AC:H/AT:P), requests are forced to HTTPS on port 443 only, only responses that are genuine images are returned (otherwise the request is blind), and the common cloud metadata service (plain HTTP on a different port) is explicitly NOT reachable through this path. |
| Impact | Real-world risk is low and the 'monitor' priority label is appropriate. The CVSS 4.0 base score is only 2.3, and the vector (AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N) shows that while the command is network-reachable, exploitation is gated by high attack complexity and a specific attack requirement - the attacker must control a domain, win a DNS-rebinding timing race, and the bot host must actually run an internal service that speaks HTTPS on port 443 and returns a genuine image. Impact is deliberately constrained: VC:L/VI:N/VA:N plus SC:L reflects blind internal probing and limited retrieval of image responses, not arbitrary internal-data disclosure, and the advisory explicitly notes the common cloud metadata service (plain HTTP on a non-standard port) is NOT reachable. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score was supplied in the input, so no quantitative exploitation-probability signal is available - absence of EPSS should not be read as either high or low likelihood. A PoC methodology is described in the GHSA advisory but is not confirmed as working weaponized exploit code. Net: this is a genuine SSRF trust-boundary crossing that any ordinary Discord server member can reach by default, which raises exposure, but the combined complexity, timing, and transport/content constraints keep it a low-priority, monitor-grade issue rather than an urgent one. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who is an ordinary member of any Discord server running Quest Bot registers a domain with a very short DNS TTL and points it alternately at a public IP (to pass validation) and at the bot host's loopback/internal address (for the actual request). They invoke the image-to-GIF command with that domain, and after a few timing attempts the bot's second DNS lookup resolves to the internal address, causing the bot to fetch an internal HTTPS service and return any genuine image it finds. A PoC reference describing this exact methodology exists in the GHSA advisory, but it is not verified as working exploit code; the high attack complexity means several attempts may be needed to align the rebind timing. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026
Server-side request forgery in the open-source Discord bot Quest Bot (versions up to and including 1.1.8) lets any ordinary member of a server the bot has joined drive the bot's 'image to GIF' command against HTTPS services bound to loopback or internal addresses. The command accepts a user-supplied URL, and the helper that is supposed to block internal destinations validates one DNS answer but then re-resolves the hostname when the request is actually sent, so an attacker who controls a domain with a short TTL can answer public during validation and internal during connection (DNS rebinding, CWE-918). Impact is deliberately narrow: the request is pinned to HTTPS on port 443 and content is only returned when the response is a genuine image, so the realistic outcome is blind internal probing with limited retrieval of image responses, not arbitrary data disclosure, and plain-HTTP cloud metadata services are not reachable by this path; severity is low (CVSS 4.0 score 2.3, assessed CVSS 3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N) and the priority label is 'monitor'. The advisory publishes PoC reproduction steps (a loopback-only HTTPS server, a rebinding domain, and repeated command invocations), though no packaged working exploit is confirmed; the flaw is fixed in 1.1.9, and there is no KEV listing or evidence of active exploitation.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Quest Bot to version 1.1.9, which replaces the check-then-fetch pattern with an undici ^8.5.0 Agent whose connect.lookup hook pins the validated IP address for the actual connection (commit eec5f57eda8caa37cd46520c57b3c01efef2b99b), and reinstall dependencies so the undici 8.5.0 lockfile entry is picked up. See the advisory at https://github.com/vantern-org/questbot/security/advisories/GHSA-hrp5-g9r6-8rq4 for the vendor's guidance. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, the specific compensating controls consistent with the advisory are: re-enable the developer-only gate on the image-to-GIF command (or unregister/disable the command entirely) so that ordinary server members cannot supply the target address - the trade-off is loss of a user-facing feature for the whole server; and/or apply egress filtering on the bot's container or host so that outbound connections to loopback, link-local and RFC1918 ranges on TCP 443 are dropped regardless of what DNS returns, which defeats rebinding at the network layer rather than at the resolver - the trade-off is that the bot can no longer legitimately reach any internal HTTPS image host, and the filter must be maintained as deployments change. Neither workaround addresses the underlying double-lookup flaw, so upgrading to 1.1.9 remains the complete fix.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is a classic time-of-check/time-of-use flaw in a SSRF guard, classified CWE-918. Quest Bot's safeFetch helper used the ipaddr.js library plus a Node DNS lookup to resolve the target hostname and reject non-public ranges, then performed the real request with the global fetch by hostname. Because the connection performs its own fresh DNS resolution, the approved address and the address actually dialed can differ - the rebinding bypass. The upstream fix (commit eec5f57) removes the standalone assertSafeHost check and instead wires validation into the socket layer: it adds an undici (^8.5.0) Agent whose connect.lookup callback calls a new resolveValidatedIp() function and hands the validated address and family back to the connector, so the exact IP that passed the unicast-range check is the one connected to, with literal IPs also range-checked. The affected entry point is the image-to-GIF command, which takes its address straight from user input and is gated as developer-only in code but that gate is disabled in normal deployments, so ordinary members can invoke it. The vulnerability is materially constrained by the helper's own rules: requests are forced to HTTPS on port 443, and the response body is only consumed/returned when it parses as a genuine image, which is why most probing is blind. The stack is a Node.js/TypeScript Discord bot (apps/bot) using undici for HTTP; affected installs are those on 1.1.8 or earlier per CPE cpe:2.3:a:vantern-org:questbot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
AC:H for the DNS-rebinding timing race; PR:L because the attacker must be a server member; S:C as the bot reaches internal services across a trust boundary; C:L for blind/limited image retrieval, no integrity or availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).
CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
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1DescriptionCVE.org
Quest Bot is an opensource Discord Bot. Prior to 1.1.9, the image to GIF command uses a request helper that validates a hostname's public IP addresses but then sends the actual request by hostname, causing a second DNS lookup. An attacker controlling a domain can return a public address during validation and an internal address during the connection, bypassing the internal-address protection through DNS rebinding. The command takes its address directly from user input and its developer-only gate is disabled in normal deployments, so any member of a server with the bot can trigger the flaw without special permissions. Requests are restricted to HTTPS on port 443, and content is returned only when the response is a genuine image. The impact is therefore mostly blind internal probing with limited retrieval of image responses from loopback or internal endpoints, not arbitrary internal-data disclosure. Common cloud metadata services using plain HTTP on another port are not reachable through this path. This issue is fixed in version 1.1.9.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
Improper input validation in Quest Bot (an open-source Discord bot) prior to version 1.1.6 lets a guild moderator weapon
Discord role hierarchy bypass in Quest Bot (open-source Discord moderation bot) prior to version 1.1.6 allows moderators
Authorization bypass in Quest Bot Discord bot prior to version 1.1.6 lets low-privilege guild members invoke the purge a
Ticket panel resource exhaustion in Quest Bot (open-source Discord bot, all versions prior to 1.1.8) allows any Discord
Mention injection in Quest Bot prior to version 1.1.6 allows Discord server moderators to embed @everyone or @here mass-
EUVD-2026-114279
NVD
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EPSS
Vulnrichment
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