TI-2018-08771 Aliases CVE-2018-12229 GHSA-xf37-6324-4rfx

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal…

LOW 31CWE-79Published 2018-06-12 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

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).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01768 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system::::::::	after 3.0.0, up to 3.1.1-1	Vulnerable	Sfu

cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions after 3.0.0, up to 3.1.1-1 Vulnerable ·Sfu

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12229
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xf37-6324-4rfx

References

Advisory 4

TI-2023-05178 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/ojs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2019-14356 An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

Sources

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