CVE-2024-29217 Apache Answer: XSS vulnerability when changing personal website

2024-04-2116:04:10

CWE-79

apache

www.cve.org

cve-2024-29217

apache answer

xss

web page generation

cross-site scripting

upgrade

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

9.0%

JSON

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (‘Cross-site Scripting’) vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: before 1.3.0.

XSS attack when user changes personal website. A logged-in user, when modifying their personal website, can input malicious code in the website to create such an attack.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.3.0], which fixes the issue.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "Apache Answer",
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "1.3.0",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]