VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-33295
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joplin Desktop App before 1.8.5 allows attackers to execute aribrary code due to improper sanitizing of html.
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.85%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joplin Desktop App before 1.8.5 allows attackers to execute aribrary code due to improper sanitizing of html.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.85% probability · 58th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- joplin project/joplin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/9c20d5947d1fa4678a8b640792ff3d31224f0adfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/tag/v1.8.5Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://the-it-wonders.blogspot.com/2021/05/joplin-app-desktop-version-vulnerable.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/9c20d5947d1fa4678a8b640792ff3d31224f0adfPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases/tag/v1.8.5Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://the-it-wonders.blogspot.com/2021/05/joplin-app-desktop-version-vulnerable.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.