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GHSA-65V8-6PVW-JWVQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-11 12:30 – Updated: 2023-04-19 17:11

Summary

Answer vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

Details

answerdev/answer is an open-source knowledge-based community software. Answer prior to 1.0.8 does not strip EXIF geolocation data from user-uploaded logos. As a result, anyone can get sensitive information like a user's device ID, geolocation, system information, system version, etc.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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      },
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
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    "CVE-2023-1975"
  ],
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-11T10:15:00Z",
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-65v8-6pvw-jwvq",
  "modified": "2023-04-19T17:11:40Z",
  "published": "2023-04-11T12:30:26Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1975"
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/answerdev/answer"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Answer vulnerable to Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data"
}

CVE-2023-1975 (GCVE-0-2023-1975)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-11 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-07 17:14

Title

Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data in answerdev/answer

Summary

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

Severity

7.6 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-07 17:14 UTC

CWE

CWE-201 - Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

Assigner

@huntrdev

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://huntr.dev/bounties/829cab7a-4ed7-465c-aa9…
https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/ac3f2f…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
answerdev	answerdev/answer	Affected: unspecified , < 1.0.8 (custom)

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