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CVE-2026-76572
pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference
Medium5.1EPSS 0.45%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
References (8)
- VDB-393037 | pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-393037 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-76572 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #878359 | Public Knowledge Project OJS/OMP/OPS 3.3.0-22 and older XML Injection (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12977 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/78c699370ea43ae2784e1c4ace7c947d207f2b47 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/releases/tag/3_5_0-5 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/ (opens in a new tab)product
Sources
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- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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