CVE-2023-1239 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.

Published: 2023-03-07

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

answerdev

answerdev/answer

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 1.0.6

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:answer:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-1123	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.
Github GHSA	GHSA-vxhr-p2vp-7gf8	Answer vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00299.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/9870ed87fb24ed468aaf1e169c2d028e0f375106
https://huntr.dev/bounties/3a22c609-d2d8-4613-815d-58f5990b8bd8

History

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Answer Answer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

Published: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-06T14:46:24.066Z

Reserved: 2023-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-1239

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:40:59.881Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-07T08:15:09.500

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:38:44.590

Link: CVE-2023-1239

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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