CVE-2024-53268

EUVD-2024-50521

25.11.2024, 20:15

Joplin is an open source, privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. In affected versions attackers are able to abuse the fact that openExternal is used without any filtering of URI schemes to obtain remote code execution in Windows environments. This issue has been addressed in version 3.0.3 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Code Injection

Provider	Type	Base Score	Atk. Vector	Atk. Complexity	Priv. Required	Vector
NIST	Primary	7.2 HIGH	LOCAL	HIGH	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Base Score

CVSS 3.x

EPSS Score

Percentile: 86%

Affected Products (NVD)

Vendor	Product	Version
joplin_project	joplin	𝑥 < 3.0.3

𝑥

= Vulnerable software versions

Early Detection

Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.

Vendor	Product	Version	Source
laurent_22	joplin	𝑥 < 3.0.3	ADP

Known Exploits!

https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-pc5v-xp44-5mgv

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
The software 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-pc5v-xp44-5mgv