CVE-2024-49362
HIGHJoplin < 3.1 - Remote Code Execution via Unsanitized Mermaid Link Attributes
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-hff8-hjwv-j9q7
Scores
CVSS v3
7.7
EPSS
0.0173
EPSS Percentile
82.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-94
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (2)
joplin_project/joplin
< 3.1
npm/joplin
3.0.0 - 3.1.0npm
Published
Nov 14, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026