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Fencer Vulns
low 3.5

CVE-2023-5626 json

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in pkp/ojs

published 2023-10-17 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-57919

cvss
3.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in GitHub repository pkp/ojs prior to 3.3.0-16.

Patch / fix

  • pkp pkp/ojs 3.3.0-16
  • pkp open_journal_systems 3.3.0-16

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/c99279c1-709a-4e7b-a042-010c2bb44d6b referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 3.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • pkp pkp/ojs
  • pkp open_journal_systems

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.