CVE-2024-49362

Nov. 15, 2024, 1:58 p.m.

7.7
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Joplin-desktop
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Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

References

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-hff8-hjwv-j9q7

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-94
2024-11-14
CVE-2024-49362

CVSS Score

7.7 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: HIGH
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: LOW

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

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 14, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 15, 2024, 1:58 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

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