CVE-2023-5889 — Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository pkp/pkp-lib prior to 3

Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository pkp/pkp-lib prior to 3.3.0-16.

01What is this vulnerability?

Insufficient Session Expiration in GitHub repository pkp/pkp-lib prior to 3.3.0-16.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
pkp	pkp/pkp	lib — unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-11-01T00:00:18.857Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-12T19:46:53.033Z

09References

• huntr.com — https://huntr.com/bounties/fba2991a-1b8a-4c89-9689-d708526928e1
• github.com — https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/commit/32d071ef2090fc336bc17d56a86d1dff90c26f0b