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CVE-2023-1539: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in answerdev/answer

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-307

Description

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

Affected products

• answerdev/answer: before 1.0.6 — fixed in 1.0.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: answerdev/answer 1.0.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/813ad0b9894673b1bdd489a2e9ab60a44fe990af
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/b4df67f4-14ea-4051-97d4-26690c979a28
• https://github.com/answerdev/answer/commit/813ad0b9894673b1bdd489a2e9ab60a44fe990af
• https://huntr.dev/bounties/b4df67f4-14ea-4051-97d4-26690c979a28

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