What is CVE-2024-53268?

CVE-2024-53268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joplin Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2024-53268?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Joplin Project

CVE-2024-53268

Joplin is an open source, privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. In affected versions attackers are able to abuse the fact that openExternal is used without any filtering of URI schemes to obtain remote code execution in Windows environments. This issue has been addressed in version 3.0.3 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.007 (52.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Joplin_project Joplin
Laurent22 Joplin — versions < 3.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-53268?: CVE-2024-53268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Joplin Project, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2024-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-53268?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.