What is CVE-2023-1543?

CVE-2023-1543 is a high-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-1543?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Answer

CVE-2023-1543

Insufficient Session Expiration 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 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Answer
Answerdev Answerdev/answer — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-613 — Insufficient Session Expiration

References

huntr.dev/bounties/f82388d6-dfc3-4fbc-bea6-eb40cf5b2683 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/cd742b75605c99776f32d271c0a60e0f468e181c (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1543?: CVE-2023-1543 is a high-severity vulnerability in Answer, classified under Insufficient Session Expiration. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-1543?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.