What is CVE-2023-1238?

CVE-2023-1238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-03-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-1238?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Answer

CVE-2023-1238

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-03-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Answer
Answerdev Answerdev/answer — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

huntr.dev/bounties/52f97267-1439-4bb6-862b-89b8fafce50d (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/0566894a2c0e13cf07d877f41467e2e21529fee8 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1238?: CVE-2023-1238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-03-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-1238?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.