FKIE_CVE-2026-33976

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-27 22:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:38
Severity
9.6 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS, a stored XSS in the Web Clipper rendering flow can be escalated to remote code execution in the desktop app. The root cause is that the clipper preserves attacker-controlled attributes from the source page’s root element and stores them inside web-clip HTML. When the clip is later opened, Notesnook renders that HTML into a same-origin, unsandboxed iframe using `contentDocument.write(...)`. Event-handler attributes such as `onload`, `onclick`, or `onmouseover` execute in the Notesnook origin. In the desktop app, this becomes RCE because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 Web/Desktop and 3.3.17 on Android/iOS patch the issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook/security/advisories/GHSA-f42f-phvp-43x5Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
streetwriters notesnook_desktop *
streetwriters notesnook_mobile *
streetwriters notesnook_mobile *
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