XSS in Joplin_project Joplin
CVE-2024-40643
Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application. Joplin fails to take into account that "<" followed by a non letter character will not be considered html. As such it is possible to do an XSS by putting an "illegal" tag wit…
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.007 (50.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Joplin_project Joplin
- Laurent22 Joplin — versions < 3.0.15
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-40643?
- CVE-2024-40643 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Joplin_project Joplin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2024-09-09.
- How severe is CVE-2024-40643?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-40643 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.