CVE-2023-38506 HIGH

CVE-2023-38506: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) when pasting HTML into the rich text editor in Joplin

Vendor Laurent22
Product joplin
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published June 21, 2024
Last update August 2, 2024

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application. A Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows pasting untrusted data into the rich text editor to execute arbitrary code. HTML pasted into the rich text editor is not sanitized (or not sanitized properly). As such, the `onload` attribute of pasted images can execute arbitrary code. Because the TinyMCE editor frame does not use the `sandbox` attribute, such scripts can access NodeJS's `require` through the `top` variable. From this, an attacker can run arbitrary commands. This issue has been addressed in version 2.12.10 and users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

June 21, 2024 CVE published
August 2, 2024 Record updated