Submit #806468: crocodilestick Calibre-Web-Automated v1.0.0-v4.0.6 Denial of Serviceinfo

Titlecrocodilestick Calibre-Web-Automated v1.0.0-v4.0.6 Denial of Service
DescriptionCalibre-Web-Automated (https://github.com/crocodilestick/Calibre-Web-Automated) suffers from a denial-of-service vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use a GET /cwa-epub-fixer-start request to initiate a batch of EPUB fixes, rewriting and backing up library files in place. This fix reads and modifies all EPUB files in the library and creates backups, triggering a large number of CPU/disk operations and easily exhausting disk space.
Source⚠️ https://gist.github.com/menelausx/1b45c952d352a2ebdc01cd8d5aa88e87
User
 JasperX (UID 97281)
Submission04/16/2026 13:10 (3 months ago)
Moderation05/03/2026 09:59 (17 days later)
StatusAccepted
VulDB entry360890 [crocodilestick Calibre-Web-Automated up to 4.0.6 Admin Endpoint cps/cwa_functions.py missing authentication]
Points20

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