{"cve":"CVE-2018-12229","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-12T11:29:00.213","modified":"2026-06-17T01:37:23.420","status":"Modified","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Journal System (OJS) 3.0.0 to 3.1.1-1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl parameter (aka the By Author field).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937","https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938","https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785","https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OJS_3.0.0_to_3.1.1-1.txt","https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937"],"products":["sfu:open_journal_system"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:51:47.459859389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-12229","score":0.01768,"percentile":0.78114,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}