Stored script execution via poisoned question summary
Published Feb 22, 2024 · Updated Mar 28, 2025
Stored XSS in Apache Answer 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute script in other users' browsers via a question summary. The application accepts malicious code in an edited question's summary and later presents that stored content to other browsers as executable page content. Exploitation requires a logged-in account that can edit its own question and another user to view the poisoned summary; Apache has not identified the responsible function or exact neutralization failure.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Apache Answer 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute script in other users' browsers via a question summary. The application accepts malicious code in an edited question's summary and later presents that stored content to other browsers as executable page content. Exploitation requires a logged-in account that can edit its own question and another user to view the poisoned summary; Apache has not identified the responsible function or exact neutralization failure.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-23349
- Published
- Feb 22, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache Answer
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 22, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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