Security advisory

{
  "id": "71345f91ac86adf9253deba02ce4608cd78dfba97e1827e8c4dee535e9aeac12",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-25438",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2024-25438",
    "summary": "A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Submission module of Pkp Ojs v3.3 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Input subject field under the Add Discussion function.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-25438",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-25438",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-25438"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/pkp/ojs",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0f0b736bfa612d94c2b9643e161cbb8b80ff05a8"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "0f0b736bfa612d94c2b9643e161cbb8b80ff05a8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:3.3.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.3.0-0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.3.0-0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "3.3.0-0",
            "3_3_0-0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-25438.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.732651333Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-9yUkbsQ-blYpTsdZoXfu3ALBA5wQCbG/view?usp=sharing",
        "https://github.com/machisri/CVEs-and-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/CVE-2024-25438%20-%3E%20Stored%20XSS%20in%20input%20Subject%20of%20the%20Add%20Discussion%20Component%20under%20Submissions",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25438.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25438"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/25xxx/CVE-2024-25438.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2024-25438",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 496781,
  "published_at": "2024-03-01T00:00:00+00:00"
}