CVE-2023-1240 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2023-03-07

Score: 5.4 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.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0876	Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.
Github GHSA	GHSA-55vm-3vq3-4jpc	Answer vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00337.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/90bfa0dcc7b49482f1d1e31aee3ab073f3c13dd9
https://huntr.dev/bounties/a24f57a4-22e3-4a17-8227-6a410a11498a

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Answer Answer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntrdev

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

Updated: 2025-03-04T19:11:12.968Z

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

Link: CVE-2023-1240

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T05:40:59.855Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-07T08:15:09.580

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:38:44.710

Link: CVE-2023-1240

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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