Vulnerability CVE-2012-1469
Published: 2012-09-06   Modified: 2012-09-07

Description:
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.

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-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
PKP -> Open journal systems 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-03/0102.html
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/RELEASE-2.3.7
http://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8431
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74225
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74226
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74227
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74228
https://www.htbridge.com/advisory/HTB23079
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