High severity · published Dec 19, 2019
CVE-2019-19909
An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2
8.8
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2. Code injection can occur in the OJS report generator if an authenticated Journal Manager user visits a crafted URL, because unserialize is used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 72% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OJ
Open Journal System · Sfu
before 3.1.2-2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19909
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19909
Patch
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/5302
Vendor Advisory
https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/
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