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 HTML via the templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl parameter (aka the By Author field).

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.1 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2018-06-12

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Open Journal System (Sfu)

References

• https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937
• https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938
• https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785
• https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt