Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affecting calibreweb package, versions [0.6.12, 0.6.14)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-CALIBREWEB-1921212
  • published16 Nov 2021
  • disclosed16 Nov 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-25965  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-352  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade calibreweb to version 0.6.14 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 Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF). By luring an authenticated user to click on a link, an attacker can create a new user role with admin privileges and attacker-controlled credentials, allowing them to take over the application.

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