CVE-2018-12229

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-06-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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).

Affected products

Sfu Open Journal System: from 3.0.0 (excl.) through 3.1.1-1

References

https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785
https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785
https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt

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