This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1.
A missing authorization check in the external-login email binding flow allows unauthenticated attackers to take over arbitrary user accounts by tricking victims into clicking a crafted confirmation link.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Answer | unaffected |
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| Description | Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity vulnerability in Apache Answer. This issue affects Apache Answer: through 2.0.1. A missing authorization check in the external-login email binding flow allows unauthenticated attackers to take over arbitrary user accounts by tricking victims into clicking a crafted confirmation link. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.0.2, which fixes the issue. | |
| Title | Apache Answer: Unauthenticated OAuth Email-Binding Account Takeover via Existing User Confirmation Flow | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-306 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: apache
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Updated: 2026-08-05T16:32:55.117Z
Reserved: 2026-05-26T11:10:37.350Z
Link: CVE-2026-48911
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Updated: 2026-08-05T16:30:12Z