Joplin vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in notes

MEDIUM 6.1CVE-2021-37916 · GHSA-mrmf-755g-w2vw · Published 03/08/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-37916 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability affecting joplin (joplin project), joplin.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.73%, higher than 54.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.0.9 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
joplin joplin_project	`< 2.0.9`	`2.0.9`
joplin npm	`< 2.0.9`	`2.0.9`

Joplin before 2.0.9 allows Cross-site Scripting via button and form in the note body.

NVD description

Joplin before 2.0.9 allows XSS via button and form in the note body.

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

< 2.0.9

2.0.9

npm

< 2.0.9

2.0.9

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