full-disclosure - [FD] [KIS-2025-14] PKP-WAL <= 3.5.0-1 Login Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

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Message-ID: <CAJeQoQeS7o_WTUJOThULzbFAudCGhx-vXenv1Ct41hVTJ-FDtw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:20:56 +0100
From: Egidio Romano <n0b0d13s@...il.com>
To: fulldisclosure@...lists.org
Cc: submissions@...ketstormsecurity.com, submit@...sec.com
Subject: [FD] [KIS-2025-14] PKP-WAL <= 3.5.0-1 Login Cross-Site Request
	Forgery Vulnerability

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PKP-WAL <= 3.5.0-1 Login Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
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[-] Software Links:

https://pkp.sfu.ca
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib

[-] Affected Versions:

Version 3.3.0-21 and prior versions.
Version 3.4.0-9 and prior versions.
Version 3.5.0-1 and prior versions.

[-] Vulnerability Description:

Open Journal Systems (OJS), Open Monograph Press (OMP), and Open
Preprint Systems (OPS) allow users to perform a login without
providing the “csrfToken” parameter, which is included on the
client-side, but it’s not validated on the server-side. As such, all
these applications are vulnerable to potential “Login Cross-Site
Request Forgery” attacks.

[-] Solution:

Upgrade to versions 3.3.0-22, 3.4.0-10, 3.5.0-2, or later.

[-] Disclosure Timeline:

[21/10/2025] - Vendor notified

[24/10/2025] - Vendor fixed the issue and opened a public GitHub
issue: https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/11978

[12/11/2025] - CVE identifier requested

[20/11/2025] - Version 3.3.0-22 released

[22/11/2025] - Version 3.4.0-10 released

[12/12/2025] - CVE identifier assigned

[29/11/2025] - Version 3.5.0-2 released

[23/12/2025] - Publication of this advisory

[-] CVE Reference:

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program (cve.org) has
assigned the name CVE-2025-67892 to this vulnerability.

[-] Credits:

Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.

[-] Original Advisory:

http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2025-14
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