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TI-2012-01290 Aliases CVE-2012-1468GHSA-hv36-f2fr-5259

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allows remote…

Priority LOW 33Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allows remote authenticated users with the Author Role permission to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension that is not ".php", then accessing it via a direct request to the file in submission/original/ in the associated article directory, as demonstrated using .pHp, .asp, and other extensions.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03482 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pkp:open_journal_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.3.6Vulnerablepkp
  • cpe:2.3:a:pkp:open_journal_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.3.6 Vulnerable ·pkp

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-1468
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hv36-f2fr-5259

References

Exploit 1

Other 2

  • TI-2012-01289 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the iBrowser plugin library, as used in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2012-01291 Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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