GHSA-8jg3-rx43-3fv4 — medium GitHub Advisory (CVE-2023-1974) in go/github.com/answerdev/answer

Description

answerdev/answer is an open-source knowledge-based community software. Answer prior to 1.0.8 may expose sensitive information, such as EXIF data and GPS coordatinates, via image metadata.

Basic information

Type: reviewed
Severity: medium
Advisory on GitHub: Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory: —
Source code: Browse source ↗
Published (advisory): 2023-04-11 12:30:26 UTC
Updated: 2023-04-19 17:11:07 UTC
GitHub reviewed: 2023-04-11 21:31:50 UTC
NVD published: 2023-04-11

Score	Percentile
0.36%	58.47%

CVSS Scores

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector
6.5	3.1	—	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-8jg3-rx43-3fv4 ↗
CVE	CVE-2023-1974 ↗

CWEs

CWE id	Name
CWE-1230	Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Metadata

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	First patched	Vulnerable functions
go	github.com/answerdev/answer	< 1.0.8	1.0.8	—

Answer vulnerable to Exposure of Sensitive Information Through Metadata