Cocotais Bot has builtin .echo command injection
Summary
A command echoing feature in the framework allows users to indirectly trigger privileged behavior by injecting special platform tags. Specifically, an unauthorized user can use the /echo <qqbot-at-everyone /> command to cause the bot to send a message that mentions all members in the chat, bypassing any permission controls. This can lead to spam, disruption, or abuse of notification systems.
Details
The framework provides a command /echo that causes the bot to repeat any user-provided message verbatim in the group chat. However, the bot fails to sanitize or filter platform-specific control elements such as <qqbot-at-everyone />, which, when included in a message, mentions everyone (i.e., @全体成员). While normal users are forbidden from using this tag in normal chats, the bot, which has higher privileges, is allowed to do so.
Since the /echo command blindly echoes any content, a user can exploit this by sending:
/echo <qqbot-at-everyone />
The bot will then send a message containing <qqbot-at-everyone />, causing the platform to interpret it as an @全体成员 command, effectively allowing an unauthorized user to @everyone via the bot.
PoC
- Set up a chatbot using the affected framework.
- Join the chat that includes the bot as a regular user with no permission to use @全体成员.
- Send the following message in the chat:
/echo <qqbot-at-everyone />- The bot will respond by repeating the message, and the platform will interpret
<qqbot-at-everyone />as an @全体成员 mention. - All the chat members receive a notification, despite the user lacking that permission.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| npm package | cocotais-bot | >= 1.5.0-test2-hotfix, < 1.6.2 | 1.6.2 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-74- Platform
- npm
- Package
cocotais-bot- Disclosed
- 19.05.2025
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-mj2c-8hxf-ffvq - CC BY 4.0
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