CVE-2022-26616

PKP Vendor Open Journal System v2.4.8 to v3.3.8 allows attackers to perform reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted HTTP headers.

Published: 2022-04-04 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-26616 is rated Moderate Risk (48.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-26616

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-15 0.96% 0.58% -0.38%
2 2025-11-21 1.75% 0.96% -0.80%
3 2025-11-18 — 1.75% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-26616

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.1 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 2.7 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-26616

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-26616

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
public_knowledge_project open_journal_systems >= 2.4.8, < 3.3.0-9 cpe:2.3:a:public_knowledge_project:open_journal_systems:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-26616

URL Tags
https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/ojs-omp-ops-3-3-0-9-released/72236 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/7649 Issue Tracking Mitigation Third Party Advisory
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