MEDIUM 5.4

GHSA-6qwm-5fm9-cvjx

Apache Answer vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Quick fix

GHSA-6qwm-5fm9-cvjx — github.com/apache/incubator-answer: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get github.com/apache/incubator-answer@v1.7.2-0.20260509080709-d1a4092c61cc

Details

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Apache Answer.

This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0.

User-supplied content was included in notification emails without proper escaping, allowing authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML into emails sent to other users. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.

Are you affected?

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Affected packages

Go / github.com/apache/incubator-answer

Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 1.7.2-0.20260509080709-d1a4092c61cc

Fix go get github.com/apache/incubator-answer@v1.7.2-0.20260509080709-d1a4092c61cc

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34033 [ADVISORY]
https://github.com/apache/answer/commit/d1a4092c61ccd41988d1033fce47eb513adb433e [WEB]
https://github.com/apache/answer [PACKAGE]
https://github.com/apache/answer/releases/tag/v2.0.1 [WEB]
https://lists.apache.org/thread/wrfd9blbfotfg479jr8vlwfx6pwr9sgj [WEB]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/09/3 [WEB]