What is CVE-2023-5900?

CVE-2023-5900 is a low-severity vulnerability in Pkp Pkp/pkp-Lib, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-5900?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.

CSRF in Pkp Pkp/pkp-Lib

CVE-2023-5900

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

Vulnerability class: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

Published 2023-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.5 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pkp Pkp/pkp-Lib — versions unspecified
Sfu Pkp Web Application Library

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

References

huntr.com/bounties/c3f011d4-9f76-4b2b-b3d4-a5e2ecd2e354 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/4d77a00be9050fac7eb8d2d1cbedcdaaa1a5a803 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-5900?: CVE-2023-5900 is a low-severity vulnerability in Pkp Pkp/pkp-Lib, classified under Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF). CVSS score: 3.5/10. Published 2023-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-5900?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.5 out of 10.