CVE-2023-37898CWE-79

Safe mode Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joplin

High · published June 21, 2024

CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application. A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows an untrusted note opened in safe mode to execute arbitrary code. `packages/renderer/MarkupToHtml.ts` renders note content in safe mode by surrounding it with <pre> and </pre>, without escaping any interior HTML tags. Thus, an attacker can create a note that closes the opening <pre> tag, then includes HTML that runs JavaScript. Because the rendered markdown iframe has the same origin as the toplevel document and is not sandboxed, any scripts running in the preview iframe can access the top variable and, thus, access the toplevel NodeJS `require` function. `require` can then be used to import modules like fs or child_process and run arbitrary commands. This issue has been addressed in version 2.12.9 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00426 · 35.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2024-06-21T19:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 JUN 19:45Z
    Safe mode Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joplin
    cvelistv5