Medium

Joplin Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Note Content

  • Disclosed: 14.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Joplin version prior to 1.0.90 contains a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) evolving into code execution due to enabled nodeIntegration for that particular BrowserWindow instance where XSS was identified from vulnerability in Note content field - information on the fix can be found here https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/494e235e18659574f836f84fcf9f4d4fcdcfcf89 that can result in executing unauthorized code within the rights in which the application is running. This attack appear to be exploitable via Victim synchronizing notes from the cloud services or other note-keeping services which contain malicious code. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.0.90 and later.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package joplin < 1.0.90 1.0.90

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
npm
Package
joplin
Disclosed
14.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-m6mf-hmrh-ph4j - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: joplin

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (14) in the archive
Total entries
14
First → latest
10.2020 11.2024
Without a fix
1
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 2
  • Medium 10

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 3
  3. 2022: 6
  4. 2023: 3
  5. 2024: 1
  6. 2025: 0
  7. 2026: 0
Severity:
  1. High · 7.7 CVE-2024-49362 >= 3.0.0, < 3.1.0 3.1.0
  2. High · 7.8 CVE-2022-40277 <= 2.8.8 no fix
  3. Critical · 9.0 CVE-2022-35131 < 2.9.1 2.9.1
  4. Joplin Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Note Content this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2018-1000534 < 1.0.90 1.0.90
  5. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2022-23340 < 2.7.1 2.7.1

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