FKIE_CVE-2023-5891

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-11-01 01:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:49
Severity
5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository pkp/pkp-lib prior to 3.3.0-16.
References
security@huntr.devhttps://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/d4111c4d0eef783f1ed2e55654a5b83d9d527d97Patch
security@huntr.devhttps://huntr.com/bounties/ce4956e4-9ef5-4e0e-bfb2-481ec5cfb0a5Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/d4111c4d0eef783f1ed2e55654a5b83d9d527d97Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://huntr.com/bounties/ce4956e4-9ef5-4e0e-bfb2-481ec5cfb0a5Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sfu pkp_web_application_library *
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    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "pkp/pkp-lib",
          "vendor": "pkp",
          "versions": [
            {
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "unspecified",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "security@huntr.dev"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
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              "versionEndExcluding": "3.3.0-16",
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            }
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2023-5891",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T06:49:35.993",
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}


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