🛡️ CVE-2022-0273 — calibre-web

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-284 NVD
8.0
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Description

Incorrect Authorization in calibreweb

calibreweb prior to version 0.6.16 contains an Incorrect Authorization vulnerability.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-0273 is classified as CWE-284: Improper Access Control. The software does not restrict an action to the actors that should be allowed to perform it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-0273 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • calibre-web (fixed in 0.6.16)
  • calibreweb (fixed in 0.6.16)

Timeline and source

Published on 30 January 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
huntr.dev
github.com
huntr.dev

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-284
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-01-30
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
calibre-web — 0.6.16
calibreweb — 0.6.16

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