CVE-2024-39123 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2024-07-19

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: 22.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:janeczku:calibre-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-j22r-3rf3-cv25	Calibre-Web Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.22894.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pentesttoolscom/vulnerability-research/tree/master/CVE-2024-39123

History

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Subscriptions

Janeczku Calibre-web

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:19:20.524Z

Reserved: 2024-06-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-39123

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T04:19:20.524Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-07-19T20:15:07.797

Modified: 2026-06-17T07:41:26.553

Link: CVE-2024-39123

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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