Medium severity · published Jun 12, 2018
CVE-2018-12229
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal System (OJS) 3.0.0 to 3.1.1-1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or…
6.1
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal System (OJS) 3.0.0 to 3.1.1-1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl parameter (aka the By Author field).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 78% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OJ
Open Journal System · Sfu
after 3.0.0 through 3.1.1-1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12229
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12229
Vendor Advisory
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937
Vendor Advisory
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785
Third Party Advisory
https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt
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