Vulnerability CVE-2012-1468


Published: 2012-09-06   Modified: 2012-09-07

Description:
Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allows remote authenticated users with the Author Role permission to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension that is not ".php", then accessing it via a direct request to the file in submission/original/ in the associated article directory, as demonstrated using .pHp, .asp, and other extensions.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Open Journal Systems 2.3.6 XSS / File Manipulation / Shell Upload
High-Tech Bridge...
23.03.2012

Type:

CWE-Other

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6/10
6.4/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
PKP -> Open journal systems 

 References:
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23079
http://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8431
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/RELEASE-2.3.7

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