CVE-2023-0744 — Improper Access Control in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1

Improper Access Control in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.4.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Access Control in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.4.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
answerdev	answerdev/answer	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-08T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-25T14:49:06.360Z

09References

• huntr.dev — https://huntr.dev/bounties/35a0e12f-1d54-4fc0-8779-6a4949b7c434
• github.com — https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/c1fa2b13f6b547b96da60b23350bbe2b29de5…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171733/Answerdev-1.0.3-Account-Takeover.htm…