Please report security issues to ozzie.fernandez.isaacs@googlemail.com
To receive fixes for security vulnerabilities it is required to always upgrade to the latest version of Calibre-Web. See https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/releases/latest for the latest release.
| Fixed in | Description | CVE number |
|---|---|---|
| 3rd July 2018 | Guest access acts as a backdoor | |
| V 0.6.7 | Hardcoded secret key for sessions | CVE-2020-12627 |
| V 0.6.13 | Calibre-Web Metadata cross site scripting | CVE-2021-25964 |
| V 0.6.13 | Name of Shelves are only visible to users who can access the corresponding shelf Thanks to @ibarrionuevo | |
| V 0.6.13 | JavaScript could get executed in the description field. Thanks to @ranjit-git and Hagai Wechsler (WhiteSource) | |
| V 0.6.13 | JavaScript could get executed in a custom column of type "comment" field | |
| V 0.6.13 | JavaScript could get executed after converting a book to another format with a title containing javascript code | |
| V 0.6.13 | JavaScript could get executed after converting a book to another format with a username containing javascript code | |
| V 0.6.13 | JavaScript could get executed in the description series, categories or publishers title | |
| V 0.6.13 | JavaScript could get executed in the shelf title | |
| V 0.6.13 | Login with the old session cookie after logout. Thanks to @ibarrionuevo | |
| V 0.6.14 | CSRF was possible. Thanks to @mik317 and Hagai Wechsler (WhiteSource) | CVE-2021-25965 |
| V 0.6.14 | Migrated some routes to POST-requests (CSRF protection). Thanks to @scara31 | |
| V 0.6.15 | Fix for "javascript:" script links in identifier. Thanks to @scara31 | |
| V 0.6.15 | Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability on uploaded cover file names. Thanks to @ibarrionuevo | |
| V 0.6.15 | Creating public shelfs is now denied if user is missing the edit public shelf right. Thanks to @ibarrionuevo | |
| V 0.6.15 | Changed error message in case of trying to delete a shelf unauthorized. Thanks to @ibarrionuevo | |
| V 0.6.16 | JavaScript could get executed on authors page. Thanks to @alicaz | |
| V 0.6.16 | Localhost can no longer be used to upload covers. Thanks to @scara31 | |
| V 0.6.16 | Another case where public shelfs could be created without permission is prevented. Thanks to @ibarrionuevo |
Calibre-web is not affected by bugs related to Log4j. Calibre-Web is a python program, therefore not using Java, and not using the Java logging feature log4j.