Description
Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS, a stored XSS in the Web Clipper rendering flow can be escalated to remote code execution in the desktop app. The root cause is that the clipper preserves attacker-controlled attributes from the source page’s root element and stores them inside web-clip HTML. When the clip is later opened, Notesnook renders that HTML into a same-origin, unsandboxed iframe using `contentDocument.write(...)`. Event-handler attributes such as `onload`, `onclick`, or `onmouseover` execute in the Notesnook origin. In the desktop app, this becomes RCE because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS patch the issue.
Published: 2026-03-27
Score: 9.7 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Action: Immediate Patch
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Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Streetwriters notesnook Desktop
Streetwriters notesnook Mobile
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:streetwriters:notesnook_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:streetwriters:notesnook_mobile:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:streetwriters:notesnook_mobile:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*
Vendors & Products Streetwriters notesnook Desktop
Streetwriters notesnook Mobile

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Streetwriters
Streetwriters notesnook Ios/android
Streetwriters notesnook Web/desktop
Vendors & Products Streetwriters
Streetwriters notesnook Ios/android
Streetwriters notesnook Web/desktop

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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Description Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS, a stored XSS in the Web Clipper rendering flow can be escalated to remote code execution in the desktop app. The root cause is that the clipper preserves attacker-controlled attributes from the source page’s root element and stores them inside web-clip HTML. When the clip is later opened, Notesnook renders that HTML into a same-origin, unsandboxed iframe using `contentDocument.write(...)`. Event-handler attributes such as `onload`, `onclick`, or `onmouseover` execute in the Notesnook origin. In the desktop app, this becomes RCE because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS patch the issue.
Title Notesnook vulnerable to RCE via stored XSS in Web Clipper rendering
Weaknesses CWE-79
CWE-94
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Streetwriters Notesnook Desktop Notesnook Ios/android Notesnook Mobile Notesnook Web/desktop
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-03T03:55:22.486Z

Reserved: 2026-03-24T22:20:06.210Z

Link: CVE-2026-33976

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-30T15:38:52.437Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-27T22:16:22.250

Modified: 2026-03-31T18:21:36.440

Link: CVE-2026-33976

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

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Updated: 2026-03-31T20:00:37Z

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