📄 PKP-WAL 3.5.0-1 Cross Site Request Forgery

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    PKP-WAL <= 3.5.0-1 Login Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
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    [-] Software Links:
    
    https://pkp.sfu.ca
    https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib
    
    
    [-] Affected Versions:
    
    Version 3.3.0-21 and prior versions.
    Version 3.4.0-9 and prior versions.
    Version 3.5.0-1 and prior versions.
    
    
    [-] Vulnerability Description:
    
    Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open
    Preprint Systems (OPS) allow users to perform a login without
    providing the “csrfToken” parameter, which is included on the
    client-side, but it’s not validated on the server-side. As such, all
    these applications are vulnerable to potential “Login Cross-Site
    Request Forgery” attacks.
    
    
    [-] Solution:
    
    Upgrade to versions 3.3.0-22, 3.4.0-10, 3.5.0-2, or later.
    
    
    [-] Disclosure Timeline:
    
    [21/10/2025] - Vendor notified
    
    [24/10/2025] - Vendor fixed the issue and opened a public GitHub
    issue: https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/11978
    
    [12/11/2025] - CVE identifier requested
    
    [20/11/2025] - Version 3.3.0-22 released
    
    [22/11/2025] - Version 3.4.0-10 released
    
    [12/12/2025] - CVE identifier assigned
    
    [29/11/2025] - Version 3.5.0-2 released
    
    [23/12/2025] - Publication of this advisory
    
    
    [-] CVE Reference:
    
    The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program (cve.org) has
    assigned the name CVE-2025-67892 to this vulnerability.
    
    
    [-] Credits:
    
    Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.
    
    
    [-] Original Advisory:
    
    http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2025-14