What is CVE-2024-39123?

CVE-2024-39123 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Janeczku Calibre-web, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2024-39123?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-39123 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Janeczku Calibre-web

CVE-2024-39123

In janeczku Calibre-Web 0.6.0 to 0.6.21, the edit_book_comments function is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to improper sanitization performed by the clean_string function. The vulnerability arises from the way the clean_strin…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.229 (97.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Janeczku Calibre-web
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39123?: CVE-2024-39123 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Janeczku Calibre-web, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2024-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2024-39123?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-39123 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.