VulnerabilityAnalyzed
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 function.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 23.1%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 23.07% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- janeczku/calibre-web
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/pentesttoolscom/vulnerability-research/tree/master/CVE-2024-39123Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pentesttoolscom/vulnerability-research/tree/master/CVE-2024-39123Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.