Medium (5.4) in apache answer. EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in github.com/apache/incubator-answer 1.7.2-0.20260509080709-d1a4092c61cc.
Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in Apache Answer.
This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.0.
User-supplied content was included in notification emails without proper escaping, allowing authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML into emails sent to other users.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.1, which fixes the issue.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
5.4 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 26% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)