PKP Open Journal Systems 3.X XSS Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if( description )
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107322");
  script_version("2024-09-25T05:06:11+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-09-25 05:06:11 +0000 (Wed, 25 Sep 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-06-14 10:29:01 +0200 (Thu, 14 Jun 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-08-08 18:32:00 +0000 (Wed, 08 Aug 2018)");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12229");

  script_name("PKP Open Journal Systems 3.X XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_pkp_open_journal_systems_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("pkp/open_journal_systems/version");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"PKP Open Journal Systems is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
  Open Journal System (OJS) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or
  HTML via the templates/frontend/pages/search.tpl $authors parameter (aka the By Author field).");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Open Journal Systems version before 3.1.1-2.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Open Journal Systems version 3.1.1-2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-001_A%20XSS%20Vulnerability%20in%20OJS%203.X.txt");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3785");

  exit(0);
}

CPE = "cpe:/a:pkp:open_journal_systems";

include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );

if( ! version = get_app_version( cpe: CPE ) ) exit( 0 );

if( version_is_less( version: version, test_version: "3.1.1-2" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.1.1-2" );
  security_message( data: report, port: 0 );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );