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)

Published 2018-06-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sfu Open Journal System

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785 (Third Party Advisory)
forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938 (Vendor Advisory)
metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0… (Third Party Advisory)
forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937 (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.