CVE-2019-19909

HIGH

SFU Open Journal System < 3.1.2-2 - Insecure Deserialization

Title source: rule

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.

References (3)

[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/5302

[Vendor Advisory] https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0087

EPSS Percentile 75.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-502 CWE-94

Status published

Affected Products (1)

sfu/open_journal_system < 3.1.2-2

Timeline

Published Dec 19, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026