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Improper Access Control in janeczku/calibre-web

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 15, 2024 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 19, 2024

Package

pip calibreweb (pip)

Affected versions

< 0.6.15

Patched versions

0.6.15

Description

An improper access control vulnerability exists in janeczku/calibre-web. The affected version allows users without public shelf permissions to create public shelves. The vulnerability is due to the create_shelf method in shelf.py not verifying if the user has the necessary permissions to create a public shelf. This issue can lead to unauthorized actions being performed by users.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 15, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 15, 2024
Reviewed Nov 15, 2024
Last updated Nov 19, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

0.045%
(16th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-3987

GHSA ID

GHSA-fj5v-w2jp-wqvj

Source code

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