CVE-2024-39123

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Published Jul 19, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS 23.1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

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 solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 23.1% (23.069% probability within 30 days)

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

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:19 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jul 19, 2024, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:19 AM
Reserved: Jun 21, 2024, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:19 AM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:19 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 7:41 AM

Status: Analyzed
Published: Jul 19, 2024, 8:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 7:41 AM

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