CVE-2024-40643

Joplin has a parsing error leading to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Published Sep 9, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 9.7 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 within a tag.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-38554 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 within a tag.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Joplin Project
Joplin Project joplin
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:joplin_project:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*
Vendors & Products Joplin Project
Joplin Project joplin
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Joplinapp
Joplinapp joplin
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:joplinapp:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Joplinapp
Joplinapp joplin
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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 within a tag.
Title Joplin has a parsing error leading to Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Sep 9, 2024, 2:52 PM
Reserved
Jul 8, 2024, 4:13 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Sep 9, 2024, 3:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:46 AM