Access Restriction Bypass Affecting github.com/answerdev/answer/internal/service/action package, versions <1.0.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.09% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMANSWERDEVANSWERINTERNALSERVICEACTION-3366803
  • published21 Mar 2023
  • disclosed21 Mar 2023
  • credithatlesswizard

Introduced: 21 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-1539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/answerdev/answer/internal/service/action to version 1.0.6 or higher.

Overview

github.com/answerdev/answer/internal/service/action is a knowledge-based community Q&A builder

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass by reusing CAPTCHA input (captcha_code and captcha_id) that has succeeded once to bypass subsequent CAPTCHA challenges.

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