What is CVE-2023-1542?

CVE-2023-1542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under CWE-840. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-1542?

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

Vulnerability in Answer

CVE-2023-1542

Business Logic Errors in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.

Published 2023-03-21 · 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:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Answer
Answerdev Answerdev/answer — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-840

References

huntr.dev/bounties/d947417c-5a12-407a-9a2f-fa696f65126f (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/4ca2429d190a6e614f5bbee1173c80a7cffcc568 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1542?: CVE-2023-1542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under CWE-840. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2023-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-1542?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.