CVE-2026-25688

FAUCET Score

Improper Neutralization of Alternate XSS Syntax vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0. AI-generated response content was rendered in the browser without proper sanitization, allowing malicious scripts to be executed when the content was viewed. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.

First published: Jun 9, 2026Last modified: Jun 9, 2026

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		< 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:answer::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

2.8

Impact Score

2.7

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.41%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

33.2%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

apachevendor investigatingvia vendor_rss

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

apacheapache:www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg11227.html

CVE-2026-25688: Apache Answer: XSS in AI Answer Rendering

Jun 9, 2026

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/7

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

lists.apache.org / thread/x42joj43rqb38ms5q60f7bgq3qbo7t5q

Mailing ListVendor Advisory