CVE-2025-6998 (GCVE-0-2025-6998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-24 19:39 – Updated: 2025-07-25 13:17
VLAI?
Title
Calibre Web 0.6.24 & Autocaliweb 0.7.0 - ReDoS
Summary
ReDoS in strip_whitespaces() function in cps/string_helper.py in Calibre Web and Autocaliweb allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service via specially crafted username parameter that triggers catastrophic backtracking during login. This issue affects Calibre Web: 0.6.24 (Nicolette); Autocaliweb: from 0.7.0 before 0.7.1.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CWE
  • CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
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References
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Vendor Product Version
Calibre Web Calibre Web Affected: 0.6.24 (custom)
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    Autocaliweb Autocaliweb Affected: 0.7.0 , < 0.7.1 (custom)
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