Cross-site Scripting in Joplin

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2020-9038 · GHSA-6r7x-hc8m-985r · Published 17/02/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-9038 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting joplin (joplin project), joplin.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.2.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joplin joplin_project	`≤ 1.0.184`	No fix yet
joplin npm	`< 1.2.1`	`1.2.1`

Joplin through 1.0.184 allows Arbitrary File Read via Cross-site Scripting (XSS).

NVD description

Joplin through 1.0.184 allows Arbitrary File Read via XSS.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

≤ 1.0.184

No fix yet

npm

< 1.2.1

1.2.1

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