CVE-2024-23349

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.011 · 65 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.07% (65th) EPSS

CVSS 5.4 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1. XSS attack when user enters summary. A logged-in user, when modifying their own submitted question, can input malicious code in the summary to create such an attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 2.3 · impact 2.7

v3.15.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USCWE-79US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Answerall versionsenisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer≤ 0 ≤1.2.1enisa_euvdEU
apache answer≤ 1.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/apache/incubator-answer< 1.2.5osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/apache/incubator-answer

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-8pf2-qj4v-fj64Apache Answer Cross-site Scripting vulnerability2024-02-22ghsa · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer through 1.2.1. XSS attack when user enters summary. A logged-in user, when modifying their own submitted question, can input malicious code in the summary to create such an attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.2.5, which fixes the issue.
GO-2024-2578Apache Answer Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in github.com/apache/incubator-answer2024-06-04vendor · osvUS
Apache Answer Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in github.com/apache/incubator-answer

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-02-22modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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