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CVE-2026-76572

pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference

Published: Aug 19, 2026Updated: Aug 20, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-610
4.7MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:HUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-610CWE-611

Affected Products

pkp
oss-project
pkp-libOn-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/
github.com
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/78c699370ea43ae2784e1c4ace7c947d207f2b47
github.com
https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12977
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