TI-2019-14356 Aliases CVE-2019-19909 GHSA-7m5w-j2h7-2hm7

An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used…

MEDIUM 41CWE-502Published 2019-12-19 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2. Code injection can occur in the OJS report generator if an authenticated Journal Manager user visits a crafted URL, because unserialize is used.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01394 72nd 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::::::::	before 3.1.2-2	Vulnerable	Sfu

cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.1.2-2 Vulnerable ·Sfu

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-19909
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7m5w-j2h7-2hm7

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2

Advisory 2

TI-2023-05178 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/ojs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2018-08771 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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