Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-47271 - Unspecified vulnerability in SFU PKP web Application Library
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
NONE Summary
PKP-WAL (aka PKP Web Application Library or pkp-lib) before 3.3.0-16, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) and other products, does not verify that the file named in an XML document (used for the native import/export plugin) is an image file, before trying to use it for an issue cover image.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176255/PKP-WAL-3.4.0-3-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176255/PKP-WAL-3.4.0-3-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/23
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/23
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/9464
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/9464