{"id":"CVE-2018-12588","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12588","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:34:39.382Z","title":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/frontend/pages/searchResults.tpl in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Monograph Press (OMP) v1.2.0 through 3.1.1-2 before 3.1.1-3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via…","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in templates/frontend/pages/searchResults.tpl in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Open Monograph Press (OMP) v1.2.0 through 3.1.1-2 before 3.1.1-3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the catalog.noTitlesSearch parameter (aka the Search field).","published":"2018-06-19T21:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:38:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["public knowledge project/open monograph press"],"epss":{"score":0.016,"percentile":0.75654,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/omp/commit/bfdcdec64865238163282c5940a6c7896c0977bf","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3805","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-002-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OMP_1.2.0_to_3.1.1-2.txt","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/omp/commit/bfdcdec64865238163282c5940a6c7896c0977bf","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3805","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-002-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OMP_1.2.0_to_3.1.1-2.txt","tags":["Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12588","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}