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GHSA-8J8F-R97J-FP5X

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-19 21:30 – Updated: 2026-08-19 21:30

Details

A vulnerability was detected in pkp pkp-lib up to 3.3.0-22/3.4.0-10/3.5.0-4. The affected element is the function _transformPHP of the file classes/xslt/XSLTransformer.php. The manipulation results in xml external entity reference. The attack can be executed remotely. Upgrading to version 3.3.0-23, 3.4.0-11 and 3.5.0-5 is sufficient to fix this issue. The patch is identified as 78c699370ea43ae2784e1c4ace7c947d207f2b47. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Severity

4.7 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE-2026-76572 (GCVE-0-2026-76572)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-19 19:30 – Updated: 2026-08-20 12:30 X_Open Source

Title

pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference

Summary

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X

4.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

4.7 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-20 12:28 UTC

CWE

CWE-611 - XML External Entity Reference
CWE-610 - Externally Controlled Reference

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/393037	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/vuln/393037/cti	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76572	third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/878359	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12977	issue-tracking
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/78c699370ea…	patch
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/releases/tag/3_5_0-5	patch
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/	product

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
pkp	pkp-lib	Affected: 3.3.0-22 Affected: 3.4.0-10 Affected: 3.5.0-4 Unaffected: 3.3.0-23 Unaffected: 3.4.0-11 Unaffected: 3.5.0-5 cpe:2.3:a:pkp:pkp-lib::::::::

Credits

Razielx64 (VulDB User)

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CVE-2026-76572 (GCVE-0-2026-76572)

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