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CVE-2023-1976

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-1976 describes a critical vulnerability in answerdev/answer prior to version 1.0.6, stemming from insufficient password aging with long expiration periods. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, as reflected by its CVSS score of 8.8 (High). While no active exploits, public exploit code, or significant community discussion have been observed, the vulnerability presents a substantial risk due to its potential for severe compromise.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:answer:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0061 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/answerdev/answerFixed in: 1.0.6

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-j97g-77fj-9c4phigh

Answer vulnerable to account takeover because password reset links do not expire

Apr 11, 2023

References

github.com / answerdev/answer/commit/813ad0b9894673b1bdd489a2e9ab60a44fe990af
Patch
huntr.dev / bounties/469bcabf-b315-4750-b63c-82ac86d153de
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory