CVE-2012-1468

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

06/09/2012

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in Open Journal Systems before 2.3.7 allows remote authenticated users with the Author Role permission to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension that is not ".php", then accessing it via a direct request to the file in submission/original/ in the associated article directory, as demonstrated using .pHp, .asp, and other extensions.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical