Medium severity · published Jul 19, 2024
CVE-2024-39123
In janeczku Calibre-Web 0.6.0 to 0.6.21, the edit_book_comments function is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization performed by the clean_string…
5.4
CVSS
23.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In janeczku Calibre-Web 0.6.0 to 0.6.21, the edit_book_comments function is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization performed by the clean_string function. The vulnerability arises from the way the clean_string function handles HTML sanitization.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.1% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
Calibre-web · Janeczku
0.6.0 through 0.6.21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39123
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39123
Exploit
https://github.com/pentesttoolscom/vulnerability-research/tree/master/CVE-2024-39123
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