CVE-2011-5196

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in index/manager/fileUpload in Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems 2.3.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that upload PHP files.

Affected products

Public Knowledge Project Open Journal Systems: through 2.3.6; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.1, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7 (+23)

References

http://osvdb.org/77995
http://secunia.com/advisories/47330
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18266
http://osvdb.org/77995
http://secunia.com/advisories/47330
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18266

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