CVE-2026-25688

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.41% (35th) EPSS

CVSS 6.1 · medium

Is it mine?

4 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. AI-generated response content was rendered in the browser without proper sanitization, allowing malicious scripts to be executed when the content was viewed. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.

cvss

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

6.1

010

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

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondaryexploitability 2.8 · impact 2.7

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Nsecondary · OSV

v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-87USCWE-87US

affected products (4)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache Answer≤ 0 ≤2.0.0enisa_euvdEU
apache answer< 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go github.com/apache/answer< 1.7.2-0.20260525024654-2746bf5b455fosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/apache/answer
Go github.com/apache/incubator-answer< 1.7.2-0.20260525024654-2746bf5b455fosvUSpkg:golang/github.com/apache/incubator-answer

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-hmr2-99jm-8x45Apache Answer has an Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax vulnerability2026-06-09ghsa · osvUS
Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. AI-generated response content was rendered in the browser without proper sanitization, allowing malicious scripts to be executed when the content was viewed. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.
GO-2026-6147Apache Answer has an Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax vulnerability in github.com/apache/answer2026-08-18vendor · osvUS
Apache Answer has an Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax vulnerability in github.com/apache/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 2026-06-09modified 2026-07-23

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2026-25688 cnnvd
https://answer.apache.org/zh-CN/download/Patchcnnvd
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25688 cnnvd
https://lists.apache.org/thread/x42joj43rqb38ms5q60f7bgq3qbo7t5q enisa_euvd
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/7Mailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
https://lists.apache.org/thread/x42joj43rqb38ms5q60f7bgq3qbo7t5qMailing ListVendor Advisorynvd

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