PT-2019-16001 · Public Knowledge · Pkp-Lib+1

Franek Kalinowski · Published 2019-12-19 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-19909

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib versions prior to 3.1.2-2 Open Journal Systems (OJS) versions prior to 3.1.2-2

Description An issue in the report generator allows code injection if an authenticated Journal Manager user visits a crafted URL. This is due to the use of unserialize, which can lead to code injection.

Recommendations For Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib versions prior to 3.1.2-2, update to version 3.1.2-2 or later to resolve the issue. For Open Journal Systems (OJS) versions prior to 3.1.2-2, update to version 3.1.2-2 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the report generator for authenticated Journal Manager users until a patch is available.

Fix

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-502

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-19909

Affected Products

Open Journal Systems

Pkp-Lib

References · 5

• https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2 · Patch
• https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-19909 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19909 · Security Note
• https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/5302 · Note