janeczku Calibre-Web up to 0.6.21 edit_book_comments cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in janeczku Calibre-Web up to 0.6.21. Affected by this vulnerability is the function edit_book_comments. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2024-39123. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in janeczku Calibre-Web up to 0.6.21 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function edit_book_comments. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-39123 since 06/21/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at packetstormsecurity.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at 0day.today (39725). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• janeczku

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• Calibre-Web

Version

• 0.6.0
• 0.6.1
• 0.6.2
• 0.6.3
• 0.6.4
• 0.6.5
• 0.6.6
• 0.6.7
• 0.6.8
• 0.6.9
• 0.6.10
• 0.6.11
• 0.6.12
• 0.6.13
• 0.6.14
• 0.6.15
• 0.6.16
• 0.6.17
• 0.6.18
• 0.6.19
• 0.6.20
• 0.6.21

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• Submit #XXXXXX: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx-xxx X.x.xx, X.x.xx Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx (by mrempy)

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