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CVE-2023-1539

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository answerdev/answer prior to 1.0.6.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.00273
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules2 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-307Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
CWE-307Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
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Affected Products & Versions

1
answer< 1.0.6
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Go github.com/answerdev/answer MODERATE fixed in 1.0.6
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pochuntr.dev · b4df67f4-14ea-4051-97d4-26690c979a28huntr.dev
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Sigma Hunt Rules

2
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighDNS TXT Answer with Possible Execution Strings
producthighMSDT Execution Via Answer File
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Scoring & Timeline

5.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security@huntr.dev
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD21 Mar 2023 · 05:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/813ad0b9894673b1bdd489a2e9ab60a44fe990afPatch
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