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.
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Advisories
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EUVD |
EUVD-2024-3261 | 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. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-hff8-hjwv-j9q7 | Remote Code Execution on click of <a> Link in markdown preview |
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Solution
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History
Wed, 07 May 2025 14:30:00 +0000
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Joplin Project
Joplin Project joplin |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:joplin_project:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:* | |
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Joplin Project
Joplin Project joplin |
Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000
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Joplinapp
Joplinapp joplin |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:joplinapp:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | |
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Joplinapp
Joplinapp joplin |
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Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:45:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | Remote Code Execution on click of <a> Link in markdown preview | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2024-11-14T21:39:43.794Z
Reserved: 2024-10-14T13:56:34.810Z
Link: CVE-2024-49362
Updated: 2024-11-14T21:39:38.922Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-11-14T18:15:19.243
Modified: 2025-05-07T14:10:19.787
Link: CVE-2024-49362
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