CVE-2024-40643
Joplin Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 9, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Sept. 17, 2024, 6:03 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
2.8
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2024-40643.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b220413a9b5ed55fb1f565ac786a5c231da8bc87 | Patch |
| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-g796-3g6g-jmmc | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Sep. 17, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b220413a9b5ed55fb1f565ac786a5c231da8bc87 No Types Assigned https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b220413a9b5ed55fb1f565ac786a5c231da8bc87 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-g796-3g6g-jmmc No Types Assigned https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-g796-3g6g-jmmc Exploit, Vendor Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:joplin_project:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.0.15 -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Sep. 09, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value 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. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-g796-3g6g-jmmc [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/b220413a9b5ed55fb1f565ac786a5c231da8bc87 [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-79 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-40643
weaknesses.