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TI-2012-01291 Aliases CVE-2012-1469GHSA-xgvf-fhwg-5w43

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7…

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allow remote attackers and remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) editor or (2) callback parameters to lib/pkp/lib/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/ibrowser/ibrowser.php in the iBrowser plugin, (3) authors[][url] parameter to index.php, or (4) Bio Statement or (5) Abstract of Submission fields to the stripUnsafeHtml function in lib/pkp/classes/core/String.inc.php.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03077 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged 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-2012-1469
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xgvf-fhwg-5w43

References

Exploit 2

Other 5

  • TI-2012-01289 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the iBrowser plugin library, as used in… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2012-01290 Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allows remote… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.0

Sources

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