kareadita kavita up to 0.6.x missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in kareadita kavita up to 0.6.x. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authentication. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2023-0919. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in kareadita kavita up to 0.6.x. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Missing Authentication for Critical Function in GitHub repository kareadita/kavita prior to 0.7.0.

The weakness was published 02/19/2023. The advisory is shared for download at huntr.dev. This vulnerability was named CVE-2023-0919 since 02/19/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 0.7.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 6648b79e1b2f92449d5816d0722b7a3d72f259d5 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-12906). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: kavita 0.7.0
Patch: 6648b79e1b2f92449d5816d0722b7a3d72f259d5

Timelineinfo

02/19/2023 🔍
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07/12/2025 +874 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 6648b79e1b2f92449d5816d0722b7a3d72f259d5
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0919 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0919
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-221500
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/19/2023 20:33
Updated: 07/12/2025 21:08
Changes: 02/19/2023 20:33 (51), 03/23/2023 11:16 (1), 03/23/2023 11:24 (11), 07/12/2025 21:08 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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