CVE-2019-19909
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 19, 2019 at 06:07 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:27 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpen Journal System
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 3.1.2-2
Affected range stops below 3.1.2-2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/5302CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94CWE-502
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