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CVE-2020-28249

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28249 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Joplin 1.2.6 for Desktop, specifically exploitable through a LINK element within a note. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) has a network attack vector and low attack complexity, requiring user interaction but potentially leading to limited confidentiality and integrity impacts. While not observed in active exploitation or on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joplin_project:joplin:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-49024 · Nov 9, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0303 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joplinFixed in: 1.3.11

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-q26w-wjj2-22vvmedium

Cross-site scripting in Joplin

May 10, 2021

References

github.com / fhlip0/JopinXSS
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / laurent22/joplin/releases
Third Party Advisory