CVE-2025-27134CWE-284

Privilege escalation in Joplin server via user patch endpoint

High · published April 30, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. Prior to version 3.3.3, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Joplin server, allowing non-admin users to exploit the API endpoint `PATCH /api/users/:id` to set the `is_admin` field to 1. The vulnerability allows malicious low-privileged users to perform administrative actions without proper authorization. This issue has been patched in version 3.3.3.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02217 · 82.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
Published
2025-04-30T14:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 APR 14:55Z
    Privilege escalation in Joplin server via user patch endpoint
    cvelistv5