CVE-2024-29217

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.97% (62nd) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

5 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

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: before 1.3.0. XSS attack when user changes personal website. A logged-in user, when modifying their personal website, can input malicious code in the website to create such an attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.3.0], which fixes the issue.

cvss

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

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 4.2–8.8

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Lsecondaryexploitability 2.1 · impact 2.5

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

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/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-79USCWE-79US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Answerall versionsenisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer0 → 1.3.0enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Answer≤ 1.3.0fstec_bduRU
apache answer< 1.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/apache/incubator-answer< 1.3.0osvUSpkg:golang/github.com/apache/incubator-answer

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-cvqr-mwh6-2vc6Apache Answer: XSS vulnerability when changing personal website2024-04-21ghsa · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'/`XSS`) vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: before 1.3.0. XSS attack when user changes personal website. A logged-in user, when modifying their personal website, can input malicious code in the website to create such an attack. Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.3.0], which fixes the issue.
GO-2024-2743XSS vulnerability via personal website in github.com/apache/incubator-answer2024-04-26vendor · osvUS
XSS vulnerability via personal website in github.com/apache/incubator-answer

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-04-21modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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