Security advisory

{
  "id": "4de779b0f470cd77ad3bdf24714d0e03f6923612e6ec2425044ac8483d36417a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-47271",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2023-47271",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-47271",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-47271",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2023-47271"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "07254d23dd48f2399972328bd149c8ebf578c47d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.3.0-16"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:sfu:pkp_web_application_library:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.3.0-16"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3_3_0-15",
            "3_3_0-14",
            "3_3_0-13",
            "3_3_0-12",
            "3_3_0-11",
            "3_3_0-10",
            "3_3_0-9",
            "3_3_0-8",
            "3_3_0-7",
            "3_3_0-6",
            "3_3_0-5",
            "3_3_0-4",
            "3_3_0-3",
            "3_3_0-2",
            "3_3_0-1",
            "3_3_0-0",
            "3_2_1rc1",
            "3_2_0-1",
            "3_2_0-0",
            "omp-3_1_1-0",
            "ojs-3_1_1-0",
            "omp-3_1_0-0",
            "ojs-3_0_2-0",
            "ojs-3_0_1-0",
            "omp-1_2_0-0",
            "ojs-3_0b1",
            "ojs-3_0a1",
            "ojs-2_4_0-0",
            "omp-0_9_9-0",
            "ohs-2_3_1-0",
            "ojs-2_3_3-1",
            "ojs-2_3_3-0",
            "ojs-2_3_0-0rc1",
            "harvester-2_3_0-0",
            "harvester-2_3_0b1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-47271.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:26.252270866Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/47xxx/CVE-2023-47271.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47271",
        "https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/9464"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/47xxx/CVE-2023-47271.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2023-47271",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492846,
  "published_at": "2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00"
}