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CVE-2023-5899: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/pkp-lib

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2023-11-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository pkp/pkp-lib prior to 3.3.0-16.

Affected products

• Pkp Web Application Library: before 3.3.0-16 — fixed in 3.3.0-16

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pkp Web Application Library 3.3.0-16. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/04e0e0eaeacd5d754b2f39c42148b31f646113c5
• https://huntr.com/bounties/0c7f1981-3bba-4508-a07e-4cb9a2553216
• https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/04e0e0eaeacd5d754b2f39c42148b31f646113c5
• https://huntr.com/bounties/0c7f1981-3bba-4508-a07e-4cb9a2553216

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