CVE-2024-39123 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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 0.27116.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Janeczku Subscribe	Calibre-web Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

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

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

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

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

Link: CVE-2024-39123

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-07-23T15:50:15.552Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

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

Modified: 2025-07-09T15:28:45.570

Link: CVE-2024-39123

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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