PT-2023-17382 · Unknown · Answerdev/Answer

Published 2023-04-11 · Updated 2024-08-20 · CVE-2023-1974

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.7

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions answerdev/answer versions prior to 1.0.8

Description The issue concerns the exposure of sensitive information through metadata in the answerdev/answer GitHub repository. This exposure can include sensitive data such as EXIF data and GPS coordinates via image metadata. The software is an open-source knowledge-based community platform.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0.8, update to version 1.0.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider removing or restricting access to sensitive image metadata until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-1230

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-1974

GHSA-8JG3-RX43-3FV4

GO-2023-1718

Affected Products

Answerdev/Answer

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/1xxx/CVE-2023-1974.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://huntr.dev/bounties/852781c6-9cc8-4d25-9336-bf3cb8ee3439 · Exploit
• https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/ac3f2f047ee00b4edaea7530e570ab67ff87cd6a · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8jg3-rx43-3fv4 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1974 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1974 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2023-1718 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/answerdev/answer · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/61839 · Telegram Post
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jg3-rx43-3fv4 · Note