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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-12588

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).

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31 Oct 2026, 10:17 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-12588

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Jun 2018, 21:29 UTC

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).

osv:CVE-2018-12588
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-12588",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-12588",
    "summary": "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).",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:03.597980825Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/xss-vulnerability-alert/45938",
        "https://metamorfosec.com/Files/Advisories/METS-2018-002-A_XSS_Vulnerability_in_OMP_1.2.0_to_3.1.1-2.txt",
        "https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-3-1-1-2-and-omp-3-1-1-3-released/45937",
        "https://github.com/pkp/omp/commit/bfdcdec64865238163282c5940a6c7896c0977bf",
        "https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/3805"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381204,
  "published_at": "2018-06-19T21:29:01.13+00:00"
}