CVE-2026-76572
Published:August 19, 2026
Updated:September 24, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=3_4_0-0 <3_4_0-11Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3_4_0-11https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=3_3_0-0 <3_3_0-23Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3_3_0-23https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=3_5_0-0 <3_5_0-5Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3_5_0-5Related Resources (10)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT DEFINED
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Exploit Maturity
NOT DEFINED
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.34