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CVE-2025-13469: Public Knowledge Project omp · Cross-site Scripting

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-13469· Medium 4.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.8 Medium.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 20:56 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
4.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulDB)CVSS 4.04.8
CNA (VulDB)CVSS 3.12.4
CNA (VulDB)CVSS 3.02.4
CNA (VulDB)CVSS 2.03.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 20 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
GitHubpkp/omppkg:github/pkp/ompOther threatsAffected
  • =3.3.0
  • =3.4.0
  • =3.5.0
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Users are advised to upgrade the affected components if updates become available.

Description

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Public Knowledge Project's Open Monograph Press (OMP) and Open Journal Systems (OJS) versions 3.3.0, 3.4.0, and 3.5.0. The issue is related to the manualInstructions argument in the paymentForm.tpl template of the Payment Instructions Setting Handler component. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely but requires high privileges and user interaction. The impact is limited to low severity with no confidentiality or availability impact reported.

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