# CVE-2019-19909: An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-12-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Public Knowledge Project (PKP) pkp-lib before 3.1.2-2, as used in Open Journal Systems (OJS) before 3.1.2-2. Code injection can occur in the OJS report generator if an authenticated Journal Manager user visits a crafted URL, because unserialize is used.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/5302
- https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/compare/3_1_2-1...3_1_2-2

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