CVE-2018-12229

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-12229
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-12 11:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-08-08 18:32:00 UTC
DescriptionCross-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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sfu Open Journal System All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
XSS vulnerability alert - PKP Announcements - PKP Community Forum CONFIRM forum.pkp.sfu.ca Vendor Advisory
OJS 3.1.1-2 and OMP 3.1.1-3 Released - PKP Announcements - PKP Community Forum CONFIRM forum.pkp.sfu.ca Vendor Advisory
Correct missing escaping of template variable · Issue #3785 · pkp/pkp-lib · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0... MISC metamorfosec.com Third Party Advisory
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