Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium · 5.4 CVE-2021-25964 EUVD-2021-12803GHSA-8gr4-jgmh-5g8w

Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Calibre-web via Description Field in Metadata

Published Oct 4, 2021 · Updated Apr 30, 2025 · Assigned by Mend

Description

In “Calibre-web” application, v0.6.0 to v0.6.12, are vulnerable to Stored XSS in “Metadata”. An attacker that has access to edit the metadata information, can inject JavaScript payload in the description field. When a victim tries to open the file, XSS will be triggered.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
OzzieIsaacs calibreweb 0.6.0 – < unspecified, unspecified – ≤ 0.6.12 unspecified

References