{"id":"CVE-2018-12229","details":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal System (OJS) 3.0.0 to 3.1.1-1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl parameter (aka the By Author field).","modified":"2026-07-08T17:57:23.068064Z","published":"2018-06-12T11:29:00.213Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/pkp/ojs","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"cde2e00951b3a7fc36d3591d517ff2be6a811d25"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.1.1-1"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"versions":["ojs-3_1_1-1","ojs-3_1_1-0","ojs-3_0b1","ojs-3_0a1","ojs-2_4_0-0","ojs-2_3_3-1","ojs-2_3_3-0","ojs-2_3_0-0","ojs-2_3_0-0rc1","ojs2-base-2_2_2","ojs-2_2_1-0","ojs-2_2_1-b1","ojs-2_2_0-0","ojs-2_2_0-b2","ojs-2_2_0-b1","ojs-2_1_1-0","ojs-2_1_1rc4","ojs-2_1_0-1","ojs-2_1_0-0","ojs-2_1b","ojs-2_0_2-1","ojs-2_0_2-0","ojs-2_0_1-0","ojs-2_0_0-0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-12229.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"}]}