What is CVE-2022-45598?

CVE-2022-45598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joplin Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-45598?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Joplin Project

CVE-2022-45598

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Joplin Desktop App before v2.9.17 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via improper santization.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (38.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 38.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Joplin Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/a2de167b95debad83a0f0c7925a88c0198db812e (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/tag/v2.9.17 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45598?: CVE-2022-45598 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Joplin Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-45598?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.