CVE-2024-40643
CRITICAL EPSS 50.2%
Published Sep 9, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.6 CVSS 3.1
Published Sep 9, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
Description
Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application. Joplin fails to take into account that "<" followed by a non letter character will not be considered html. As such it is possible to do an XSS by putting an "illegal" tag within a tag.
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
50.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection
Affected Products 1
| Vendor | Product | Version | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| joplin_project | joplin | * | <3.0.15 |
References 2
- github.com https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b220413a9b5ed55fb1f565ac786a5c231da8bc87
- github.com https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-g796-3g6g-jmmc
Remediation
- github.com https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b220413a9b5ed55fb1f565ac786a5c231da8bc87