PT-2018-11060 · Public Knowledge · Open Journal Systems

Alec Smecher · Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2018-08-08 · CVE-2018-12229

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal System (OJS) versions 3.0.0 through 3.1.1-1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl parameter, also known as the By Author field. This is a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.

Recommendations For versions 3.0.0 through 3.1.1-1, avoid using the templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl parameter until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the By Author field to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-12229

Affected Products

Open Journal Systems

References · 6

• https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12229 · Security Note
• https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12229 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785 · Note
• https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt · Note