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CVE-2012-1469

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.1%EU EUVD

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allow remote attackers and remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) editor or (2) callback parameters to lib/pkp/lib/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/plugins/ibrowser/ibrowser.php in the iBrowser plugin, (3) authors[][url] parameter to index.php, or (4) Bio Statement or (5) Abstract of Submission fields to the stripUnsafeHtml function in lib/pkp/classes/core/String.inc.php.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.3 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
EPSS score
3.1% (88th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-1487)
Published
September 6, 2012
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1487 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • pkp / open journal systems

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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