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CVE-2018-12229

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12229 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal System (OJS) versions 3.0.0 to 3.1.1-1. An unauthenticated attacker can inject malicious web scripts or HTML via the "By Author" field on the search page. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability requires user interaction and could lead to information disclosure or defacement. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
> 3.0.0, <= 3.1.1-1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sfu:open_journal_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

forum.pkp.sfu.ca / t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937
Vendor Advisory
forum.pkp.sfu.ca / t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938
Vendor Advisory
github.com / pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785
Third Party Advisory
metamorfosec.com / Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt
Third Party Advisory