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CVE-2021-4171:
Python vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A business logic error vulnerability was identified in calibre-web, tracked as CVE-2021-4171. The vulnerability affects versions prior to 0.6.15 and was disclosed in January 2022 (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H from NIST, while huntr.dev assessed it with a score of 7.7 (HIGH) with vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H. The vulnerability is classified under CWE-840 (Business Logic Errors) (NVD).
Impact
Based on the CVSS scores and vectors, successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system when accessed from the network (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
A patch has been released to address this vulnerability in version 0.6.15 of calibre-web. Users are advised to upgrade to this version or later (Github Patch).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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