What is CVE-2018-12229?

CVE-2018-12229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sfu Open Journal System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-12229?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Sfu Open Journal System

CVE-2018-12229

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).

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.018 (76.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Sfu Open_journal_system
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12229?: CVE-2018-12229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sfu Open Journal System, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2018-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-12229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.