apache/answer · Security
Apache Answer vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-6qwm-5fm9-cvjx
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-34033
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.4 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0.
User-supplied content was included in notification emails without proper escaping, allowing authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML into emails sent to other users. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.
CWEs
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
- CWE-80 · Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34033 ↗
- https://lists.apache.org/thread/wrfd9blbfotfg479jr8vlwfx6pwr9sgj ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/3 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/answer/commit/d1a4092c61ccd41988d1033fce47eb513adb433e ↗
- https://github.com/apache/answer/releases/tag/v2.0.1 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qwm-5fm9-cvjx ↗