CVE-2022-45598 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Joplin Desktop App before v2.9.17 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via improper santization.

Published: 2023-01-31

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:joplin_project:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:-:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0480	Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Joplin Desktop App before v2.9.17 allows attacker to execute arbitrary code via improper santization.
Github GHSA	GHSA-h6c2-879r-jffh	Joplin Desktop App vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.005.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/a2de167b95debad83a0f0c7925a88c0198db812e
https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/tag/v2.9.17

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Joplin Project Joplin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T18:27:57.776Z

Reserved: 2022-11-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45598

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:17:03.988Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-31T16:15:09.053

Modified: 2025-03-27T19:15:45.993

Link: CVE-2022-45598

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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