Unscored severity · published Sep 6, 2012
CVE-2012-1469
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allow remote attackers and remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or…
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CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allow remote attackers and remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) editor or (2) callback parameters to lib/pkp/lib/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/ibrowser/ibrowser.php in the iBrowser plugin, (3) authors[][url] parameter to index.php, or (4) Bio Statement or (5) Abstract of Submission fields to the stripUnsafeHtml function in lib/pkp/classes/core/String.inc.php.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OJ
Open Journal Systems · Pkp
through 2.3.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1469
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1469
Exploit
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0102.html
pkp.sfu.ca
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/RELEASE-2.3.7
pkp.sfu.ca
http://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8431
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48449
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48464
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/80255
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