CVE-2023-5891 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-5891: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in pkp/pkp-lib

Vendor Pkp

Product pkp/pkp-lib

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published November 1, 2023

Last update February 27, 2025

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository pkp/pkp-lib prior to 3.3.0-16.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 1, 2023 CVE published

February 27, 2025 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5891 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

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