Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting joplin package, versions <2.9.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-JOPLIN-2960160
  • published 26 Jul 2022
  • disclosed 26 Jul 2022
  • credit @ly1g3

How to fix?

Upgrade joplin to version 2.9.1 or higher.

Overview

joplin is a note taking and to-do application.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via note titles, due to unescaped user input reaching GotoAnything.tsx. This may lead to Remote Code Execution.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
8.8 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High
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NVD

9 critical