Description
A vulnerability was detected in pkp pkp-lib up to 3.3.0-22/3.4.0-10/3.5.0-4. The affected element is the function _transformPHP of the file classes/xslt/XSLTransformer.php. The manipulation results in xml external entity reference. The attack can be executed remotely. Upgrading to version 3.3.0-23, 3.4.0-11 and 3.5.0-5 is sufficient to fix this issue. The patch is identified as 78c699370ea43ae2784e1c4ace7c947d207f2b47. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pkp | pkp-lib | 3.3.0-22, 3.4.0-10, 3.5.0-4 | 3.3.0-23 |
References
- VDB-393037 | pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference vdb-entry technical-description
- VDB-393037 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature permissions-required
- CVE-2026-76572 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #878359 | Public Knowledge Project OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3.0-22 and older XML Injection third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12977 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/78c699370ea43ae2784e1c4ace7c947d207f2b47 patch
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/releases/tag/3_5_0-5 patch
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/ product