CVE-2018-12229

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
Description
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).
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-12229
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-06-12T11:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-08-08T18:32:54
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-79 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.1.1-1
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.7
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785 Third Party Advisory
https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt Third Party Advisory
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938 Vendor Advisory
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12229
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-12229
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:39:55 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 07:56:37 2018-06-12T11:29Z 2018-06-12T11:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 07:56:37 2018-08-08T18:32:54 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 07:56:37 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated