Security advisory

{
  "id": "c7daa86169f8107c08c5716d437ce5a769b28d097478cb30df5a6f3b3f406c00",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-25964",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-25964",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-25964",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-25964",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-25964"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "d81cb2927abcba3c4d198ecce9dca78550f676e1"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "54d06e580d73ba58274e7ed4efbd8fc94b7e1856"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "32e27712f0f71fdec646add20cd78b4ce75acfce"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:janeczku:calibre-web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0.6.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "0.6.12"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "32e27712f0f71fdec646add20cd78b4ce75acfce"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "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"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-25964.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:33.797154816Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25964",
        "https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/commit/32e27712f0f71fdec646add20cd78b4ce75acfce"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-25964",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385586,
  "published_at": "2021-10-04T15:15:07.31+00:00"
}