CVE-2024-49362
Joplin Electromagnetic Code Execution in Note Taking Application
Description
Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application. Joplin-desktop has a vulnerability that leads to remote code execution (RCE) when a user clicks on an <a> link within untrusted notes. The issue arises due to insufficient sanitization of <a> tag attributes introduced by the Mermaid. This vulnerability allows the execution of untrusted HTML content within the Electron window, which has full access to Node.js APIs, enabling arbitrary shell command execution.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 14, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 15, 2024, 1:58 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
1.1
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| URL | Resource |
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| https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-hff8-hjwv-j9q7 |
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CVE Received by [email protected]
Nov. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application. Joplin-desktop has a vulnerability that leads to remote code execution (RCE) when a user clicks on an <a> link within untrusted notes. The issue arises due to insufficient sanitization of <a> tag attributes introduced by the Mermaid. This vulnerability allows the execution of untrusted HTML content within the Electron window, which has full access to Node.js APIs, enabling arbitrary shell command execution. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-hff8-hjwv-j9q7 [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-94 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2024-49362 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2024-49362
weaknesses.