CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-47271
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-11-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Description
PKP-WAL (aka PKP Web Application Library or pkp-lib) before 3.3.0-16, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) and other products, does not verify that the file named in an XML document (used for the native import/export plugin) is an image file, before trying to use it for an issue cover image.
Affected configurations
• sfu pkp web application library (< 3.3.0-16)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176255/PKP-WAL-3.4.0-3-Remote-Code-Execution.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/23 seclists.org
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/9464 Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176255/PKP-WAL-3.4.0-3-Remote-Code-Execution.html packetstormsecurity.com
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/23 seclists.org
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/9464 Issue Tracking, Patch