CVE-2026-76572

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.

CVSS v3 4.7 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 5.8 MEDIUM

4.7^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

5.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 6.4 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication MULTIPLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/78c699370ea43ae2784e1c4ace7c947d207f2b47
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12977
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/releases/tag/3_5_0-5
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76572
https://vuldb.com/submit/878359
https://vuldb.com/vuln/393037
https://vuldb.com/vuln/393037/cti

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-19 20:17

Updated : 2026-08-20 13:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-76572

Mitre link : CVE-2026-76572

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-76572

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-610

Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

CWE-611

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

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