CVE-2026-33976CWE-79CWE-94

Notesnook vulnerable to RCE via stored XSS in Web Clipper rendering

Critical · published March 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS, a stored XSS in the Web Clipper rendering flow can be escalated to remote code execution in the desktop app. The root cause is that the clipper preserves attacker-controlled attributes from the source page’s root element and stores them inside web-clip HTML. When the clip is later opened, Notesnook renders that HTML into a same-origin, unsandboxed iframe using `contentDocument.write(...)`. Event-handler attributes such as `onload`, `onclick`, or `onmouseover` execute in the Notesnook origin. In the desktop app, this becomes RCE because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS patch the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.7 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00693 · 52.4th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'); CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2026-03-27T21:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAR 21:26Z
    Notesnook vulnerable to RCE via stored XSS in Web Clipper rendering
    cvelistv5