CVE-2025-25187

Published Feb 7, 2025

Last updated a month ago

CVSS high 7.8

Overview

Description: Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. This vulnerability is caused by adding note titles to the document using React's `dangerouslySetInnerHTML`, without first escaping HTML entities. Joplin lacks a Content-Security-Policy with a restrictive `script-src`. This allows arbitrary JavaScript execution via inline `onclick`/`onload` event handlers in unsanitized HTML. Additionally, Joplin's main window is created with `nodeIntegration` set to `true`, allowing arbitrary JavaScript execution to result in arbitrary code execution. Anyone who 1) receives notes from unknown sources and 2) uses <kbd>ctrl</kbd>-<kbd>p</kbd> to search is impacted. This issue has been addressed in version 3.1.24 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Source: security-advisories@github.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.4
Impact score: 2.7
Exploitability score: 2.3
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com: CWE-79

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:joplin_project:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "054ACD95-A971-4DD1-B625-BCCD33BCA444",
            "versionEndExcluding": "3.1.24"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.

Overview

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Weaknesses

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