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CVE-2025-29868

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-29868 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Answer versions up to 1.4.2, where a private data structure is exposed through a public method. This allows external image providers to obtain the IP addresses of users accessing externally referenced images. The CVSS score is 6.5, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, resulting in potential disclosure of user IP addresses. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to Apache Answer version 1.4.5, which includes a fix allowing administrators to control external content display.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:answer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
55.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/apache/answerFixed in: 1.4.5

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-wqcc-mfhw-53pclow

Apache Answer User Using External Images Potentially Discloses User Information

Apr 1, 2025

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2025/04/01/2
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2025/04/02/1
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2025/04/10/3
Mailing List
lists.apache.org / thread/l7pohw5g03g3qsvrz8pqc9t29mdv5lhf
Mailing ListVendor Advisory