CVSS 3.1
5.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NCVE-2024-40761
Medium (5.3) in apache answer. EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/apache/incubator-answer 1.4.0.
Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.3.5.
Using the MD5 value of a user's email to access Gravatar is insecure and can lead to the leakage of user email. The official recommendation is to use SHA256 instead.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.4.0, which fixes the issue.
Severity
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 54% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-326
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- apache:answer
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-48cr-j2cx-mcr8 | Go | github.com/apache/incubator-answer | <1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |
| GO-2024-3158 | Go | github.com/apache/incubator-answer | <1.4.0 | 1.4.0 |