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MendCVELIST:CVE-2021-25964

HistoryOct 02, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2021-25964 Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Calibre-web via Description Field in Metadata

2021-10-0200:00:00

CWE-79

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5.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.4%

JSON

In “Calibre-web” application, v0.6.0 to v0.6.12, are vulnerable to Stored XSS in “Metadata”. An attacker that has access to edit the metadata information, can inject JavaScript payload in the description field. When a victim tries to open the file, XSS will be triggered.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "calibreweb",
    "vendor": "OzzieIsaacs",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "unspecified",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0.6.0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "0.6.12",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "unspecified",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/commit/32e27712f0f71fdec646add20cd78b4ce75acfce

www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25964