{"id":"CVE-2026-76572","aliases":["EUVD-2026-62724","GHSA-8j8f-r97j-fp5x"],"status":"published","title":"pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference","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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00454,"percentile":0.3963,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-610","CWE-611"],"published":"2026-08-19T19:30:10Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:25Z","products":[{"vendor":"pkp","product":"pkp-lib"}],"references":[{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/393037","tags":["vdb-entry","technical-description","advisory"]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/393037/cti","tags":["signature","permissions-required","report"]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-76572","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/878359","tags":["third-party-advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/12977","tags":["issue-tracking","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/78c699370ea43ae2784e1c4ace7c947d207f2b47","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/releases/tag/3_5_0-5","tags":["patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/","tags":["product","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76572","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8j8f-r97j-fp5x"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/76xxx/CVE-2026-76572.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-76572","title":"pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T19:30:10.341Z","modified":"2026-08-20T12:30:55.812Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.0","score":4.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-611","CWE-610"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:46:10.323375Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-62724","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T19:30:10Z","modified":"2026-08-20T12:30:55Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:40.451894Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-8j8f-r97j-fp5x","title":"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...","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T21:30:37Z","modified":"2026-08-19T21:30:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-610"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:10:44.718568Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-76572","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.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T20:17:23.627Z","modified":"2026-08-20T13:19:05.86Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":4.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-610","CWE-611"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:39.962615Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-76572","title":"pkp pkp-lib XSLTransformer.php _transformPHP xml external entity reference","description":"A vulnerability was detected in pkp pkp-lib up to 3.3.0-22/3.4.0-10/3.5.0-4. 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