answerdev answer up to 1.0.7 insertion of sensitive information into sent data

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in answerdev answer up to 1.0.7. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to insertion of sensitive information into sent data. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-1975. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in answerdev answer up to 1.0.7 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insertion of sensitive information into sent data vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-201. The code transmits data to another actor, but a portion of the data includes sensitive information that should not be accessible to that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.8.

The weakness was published 04/11/2023. The advisory is available at huntr.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-1975 since 04/11/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch ac3f2f047ee00b4edaea7530e570ab67ff87cd6a is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-1212). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insertion of sensitive information into sent data
CWE: CWE-201 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: answer 1.0.8
Patch: ac3f2f047ee00b4edaea7530e570ab67ff87cd6a

Timelineinfo

04/11/2023 🔍
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07/06/2025 +817 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: ac3f2f047ee00b4edaea7530e570ab67ff87cd6a
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-1975 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-1975
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-225490
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/11/2023 12:34
Updated: 07/06/2025 22:19
Changes: 04/11/2023 12:34 (50), 04/27/2023 00:55 (1), 04/27/2023 01:08 (11), 07/06/2025 22:19 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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