CVE-2019-19909

HIGH

Open Journal Systems < 3.1.2-2 - Authenticated Code Injection via Report Generator Deserialization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/5302
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0139
EPSS Percentile 68.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-502 CWE-94
Status published
Products (1)
sfu/open_journal_system < 3.1.2-2
Published Dec 19, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026