CVE-2019-19909 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2. Code injection can occur in the OJS report generator if an authenticated Journal Manager user visits a crafted URL, because unserialize is used.

Published: 2019-12-19

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-9501	An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2. Code injection can occur in the OJS report generator if an authenticated Journal Manager user visits a crafted URL, because unserialize is used.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00734.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/5302
https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/

History

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Subscriptions

Sfu Open Journal System

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-12-19T18:07:29.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:32:09.620Z

Reserved: 2019-12-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19909

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-19T19:15:14.200

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:35:38.430

Link: CVE-2019-19909

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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