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FKIE_CVE-2018-12229

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-12 11:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:37
Severity
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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).
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txtThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txtThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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