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Security: gelbphoenix/autocaliweb

Security

SECURITY.md

Security Policy

Reporting a Vulnerability

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Supported Versions

To receive fixes for security vulnerabilities it is required to always upgrade to the latest version of Autocaliweb. See Autocaliweb releases for the latest release.

History (continued from Calibre-Web)

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 CVE-2021-4164
V 0.6.15 Fix for "javascript:" script links in identifier. Thanks to @scara31 CVE-2021-4170
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 CVE-2022-0352
V 0.6.16 Localhost can no longer be used to upload covers. Thanks to @scara31 CVE-2022-0339
V 0.6.16 Another case where public shelfs could be created without permission is prevented. Thanks to @nhiephon CVE-2022-0273
V 0.6.16 It's prevented to get the name of a private shelfs. Thanks to @nhiephon CVE-2022-0405
V 0.6.17 The SSRF Protection can no longer be bypassed via an HTTP redirect. Thanks to @416e6e61 CVE-2022-0767
V 0.6.17 The SSRF Protection can no longer be bypassed via 0.0.0.0 and it's ipv6 equivalent. Thanks to @r0hanSH CVE-2022-0766
V 0.6.18 Possible SQL Injection is prevented in user table Thanks to Iman Sharafaldin (Forward Security) CVE-2022-30765
V 0.6.18 The SSRF protection no longer can be bypassed by IPV6/IPV4 embedding. Thanks to @416e6e61 CVE-2022-0939
V 0.6.18 The SSRF protection no longer can be bypassed to connect to other servers in the local network. Thanks to @michaellrowley CVE-2022-0990
V 0.6.20 Credentials for emails are now stored encrypted
V 0.6.20 Login is rate limited
V 0.6.20 Passwordstrength can be forced
V 0.6.21 SMTP server credentials are no longer returned to client
V 0.6.21 Cross-site scripting (XSS) stored in href bypasses filter using data wrapper no longer possible
V 0.6.21 Cross-site scripting (XSS) is no longer possible via pathchooser
V 0.6.21 Error Handling at non existent rating, language, and user downloaded books was fixed
V 0.6.22 Upload mimetype is checked to prevent malicious file content in the books library
V 0.6.22 Cross-site scripting (XSS) stored in comments section is prevented better (switching from lxml to bleach for sanitizing strings)
V 0.6.23 Cookies are no longer stored for opds basic authentication and proxy authentication

Statement regarding Log4j (CVE-2021-44228 and related)

Autocaliweb is not affected by bugs related to Log4j. Autocaliweb is a python program, therefore not using Java, and not using the Java logging feature log4j.

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