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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-CALIBREWEB-1921212
  • published 16 Nov 2021
  • disclosed 16 Nov 2021
  • credit Unknown

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

8.8 high