CVE-2018-12229 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sfu	Open Journal System

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-06-12T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:30:59.870Z

Reserved: 2018-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-12229

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-12T11:29:00.213

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:44:49.363

Link: CVE-2018-12229

Redhat

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