Vulnerabilites related to calibreweb - calibreweb
CVE-2021-25965 (GCVE-0-2021-25965)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-11-16 09:15
Modified
2025-04-30 15:46
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Summary
In Calibre-web, versions 0.6.0 to 0.6.13 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.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/commit/50919d47212066c75f03ee7a5332ecf2d584b98e | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25965 | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| calibreweb | calibreweb |
Version: 0.6.0 < unspecified Version: unspecified < |
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