CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12229
6.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
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).
Affected configurations
• sfu open journal system (> 3.0.0 <= 3.1.1-1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- 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 Vendor 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 Third Party 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 Vendor 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 Third Party Advisory