CVE-2024-53268

moderate-risk
Published 2024-11-25

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.

Do I need to act?

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2.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.2/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Joplin Project

References (1)

Exploit https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/security/advisories/GHSA-pc5v-xp44-5mgv
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 6/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal