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Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-39123 · published 19 July 2024

CVE-2024-39123: Janeczku calibre-web cross-site scripting vulnerability

JJaneczku · Calibre Web

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_string function handles HTML sanitization.

5.4 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 23% · top 2.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
5.4CVSS 3.1 base score
23%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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_string function handles HTML sanitization.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/pentesttoolscom/vulnerability-research/tree/master/CVE-2024-39123 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/pentesttoolscom/vulnerability-research/tree/master/CVE-2024-39123 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-39123), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.