CVE-2018-12229 (GCVE-0-2018-12229)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-12 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:30
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Summary
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).
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