Critical severity · published May 4, 2020
CVE-2020-12627
Calibre-Web 0.6.6 allows authentication bypass because of the 'A0Zr98j/3yX R~XHH!jmN]LWX/,?RT' hardcoded secret key
9.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Calibre-Web 0.6.6 allows authentication bypass because of the 'A0Zr98j/3yX R~XHH!jmN]LWX/,?RT' hardcoded secret key.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Calibre-web · Janeczku
0.6.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12627
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12627
Patch
https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/pull/1337
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