Medium severity6.1OSV Advisory· Published Jun 12, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-12229
CVE-2018-12229
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).
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Affected products
2- Range: 3.0.0 to 3.1.1-1
Patches
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References
4- forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937nvdVendor Advisory
- forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785nvdThird Party Advisory
- metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txtnvdThird Party Advisory
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