Improper Access Control Affecting calibreweb package, versions [,0.6.16)
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.05% (23rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-CALIBREWEB-2440576
- published 4 Apr 2022
- disclosed 4 Apr 2022
- credit nhiephon
Introduced: 4 Apr 2022
CVE-2022-0405 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade calibreweb to version 0.6.16 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 Access Control due to improper HTML rendering, when the user doesn't have view permissions to read the name of a private shelf, the server continues to render the HTML containing shelf.name instead of showing error messages and redirect. Exploiting this vulnerability leads to disclosing the name of the private shelf.
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CVSS Scores
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