TI-2023-05429 Aliases CVE-2023-5897 GHSA-h6c7-v3fj-vggf

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/customLocale

HIGH 71CWE-352Published 2023-11-01 · Updated 2025-02-27

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository pkp/customLocale prior to 1.2.0-1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00247 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed pkp/customLocale (pkp): 1.2.0-1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
pkp	pkp/customLocale	before 1.2.0-1	1.2.0-1	Patch available	CNA

pkp/customLocale Vendorpkp Affected before 1.2.0-1 Fixed in 1.2.0-1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:sfu:customlocale::::::::	before 1.2.0-1	Vulnerable	Sfu

cpe:2.3:a:sfu:customlocale:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.2.0-1 Vulnerable ·Sfu

Remediation

Fix · CNA pkp/customLocale (pkp) Fixed in 1.2.0-1

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5897
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6c7-v3fj-vggf

References

Exploit 1

https://huntr.com/bounties/7c215b8e-63f6-4146-b8e3-8482c731876f

Patch 1

https://github.com/pkp/customLocale/commit/407ba30f12f78efe79122591c1d85709c10b6831

TI-2023-05431 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/pkp-lib CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-05430 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/pkp-lib CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-05425 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/pkp-lib CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-05178 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/ojs CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-04327 Use of Predictable Algorithm in Random Number Generator in pkp/pkp-lib CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2023-05436 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in pkp/pkp-lib CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

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Sources

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