CVE-2024-39123

MediumCVSS 5.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a
janeczku	calibre-web	>= 0.6.0, <= 0.6.21

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

Timeline

Published: Jul 19, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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