CVE-2021-25964

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    CVE-2021-25964

    Published: 4 Oct 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25964, https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/commit/32e27712f0f71fdec646add20cd78b4ce75acfce

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- d81cb2927abcba3c4d198ecce9dca78550f676e1
    Fixed -54d06e580d73ba58274e7ed4efbd8fc94b7e1856

    Affected versions

    0.6.12
    0.6.11
    0.6.10
    0.6.9
    0.6.8
    0.6.7
    0.6.6
    0.6.5
    0.6.3
    0.6.2
    0.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    CVE-2021-25964 | CVE-DB