CVE-2019-19909: Sfu Open Journal System

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Sfu Open Journal System: before 3.1.2-2 (fixed in 3.1.2-2)

Published 2019-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.