Joplin Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in Note Content

Description

Joplin version prior to 1.0.90 contains a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) evolving into code execution due to enabled nodeIntegration for that particular BrowserWindow instance where XSS was identified from vulnerability in Note content field - information on the fix can be found here https://github.

Recommendation

Update the joplin package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.0.90
• Patched version(s): 1.0.90

References

• GHSA-m6mf-hmrh-ph4j
• CVE-2018-1000534
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Json2html vulnerable to cross-site scripting - CVE-2018-25053
• metascraper before v5.2.0 vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting - CVE-2018-3773
• Joplin Desktop App vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting - CVE-2022-45598
• Joplin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in notes - CVE-2021-37916

Tags:

npm

joplin