What is CVE-2023-0742?

CVE-2023-0742 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2023-0742?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

XSS in Answer

CVE-2023-0742

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.4.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-02-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Answer
Answerdev Answerdev/answer — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/c3001de52af91f09c96e701facbce0b9fa0c98ad (Patch)
huntr.dev/bounties/d73a2c03-7035-453b-9c04-c733ace65544 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-0742?: CVE-2023-0742 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2023-0742?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.