Improper Authentication Affecting calibreweb package, versions [,0.6.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-CALIBREWEB-1910724
  • published4 Nov 2021
  • disclosed4 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Nov 2021

CVE-2020-12627  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade calibreweb to version 0.6.12 or higher.

Overview

calibreweb is a Web app for browsing, reading and downloading eBooks stored in a Calibre database.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authentication via the hardcoded secret key.

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