{"id":"CVE-2023-47271","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-47271","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:56:23.818Z","title":"PKP-WAL (aka PKP Web Application Library or pkp-lib) before 3.3.0-16, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) and other products, does not verify that the file named in an XML document (used for the native import/export plugin) is an image file, before…","description":"PKP-WAL (aka PKP Web Application Library or pkp-lib) before 3.3.0-16, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) and other products, does not verify that the file named in an XML document (used for the native import/export plugin) is an image file, before trying to use it for an issue cover image.","published":"2023-11-06T00:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:32:32.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["sfu/pkp web application library"],"epss":{"score":0.00618,"percentile":0.49321,"date":"2026-10-26","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 (0.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176255/PKP-WAL-3.4.0-3-Remote-Code-Execution.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/23","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/9464","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176255/PKP-WAL-3.4.0-3-Remote-Code-Execution.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Dec/23","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/9464","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47271","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."}