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CVE-2020-9038

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9038 describes an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in Joplin through version 1.0.184, stemming from a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw. This medium-severity vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 5.4, requires user interaction and low privileges, allowing an attacker to read local files with limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-48147) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.184CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:joplin_project:joplin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-48147 · Mar 2, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0357 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 15,224 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: joplinFixed in: 1.2.1

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-6r7x-hc8m-985rmedium

Cross-site Scripting in Joplin

Oct 13, 2020

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156582/Joplin-Desktop-1.0.184-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / laurent22/joplin/commit/3db47b575b9cb0a765da3d283baa2c065df0d0bc
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / laurent22/joplin/compare/clipper-1.0.19...clipper-1.0.20
PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory