Is CVE-2024-53268 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-53268 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-53268?

CVE-2024-53268 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-53268?

CVE-2024-53268 has an EPSS score of 0.75% (50th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53268?

Upgrade joplin to 3.0.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-53268

HIGH

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Joplin is an open source, privacy-focused note taking app with sync capabilities for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. In affected versions attackers are able to abuse the fact that openExternal is used without any filtering of URI schemes to obtain remote code execution in Windows environments. This issue has been addressed in version 3.0.3 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CWE-94Code Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

joplinNVD

Affected:< 3.0.3Fixed in:3.0.3CVE-2024-53268derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionRequired

ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

50thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 50% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-07.