CVE-2019-19909

HIGH 8.8CVE-2019-19909 · Published 19/12/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2019-19909 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting open journal system (sfu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.1.2-2 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
open journal system sfu	`< 3.1.2-2`	`3.1.2-2`

Description

An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2. Code injection can occur in the OJS report generator if an authenticated Journal Manager user visits a crafted URL, because unserialize is used.

References

pkp/pkp-lib · Patch
pkp/pkp-lib · Third Party Advisory
pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download · Vendor Advisory

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