Medium severity · published Jun 19, 2018
CVE-2018-12588
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/frontend/pages/searchResults.tpl in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Monograph Press (OMP) v1.2.0 through 3.1.1-2 before…
6.1
CVSS
1.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/frontend/pages/searchResults.tpl in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Monograph Press (OMP) v1.2.0 through 3.1.1-2 before 3.1.1-3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the catalog.noTitlesSearch parameter (aka the Search 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)1.6% · higher than 76% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OM
Open Monograph Press · Public Knowledge Project
1.2.0 before 3.1.1-3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12588
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12588
Exploit
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
Patch
https://github.com/pkp/omp/commit/bfdcdec64865238163282c5940a6c7896c0977bf
Exploit
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3805
Technical Description
https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-002-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OMP_1.2.0_to_3.1.1-2.txt