Streetwriters: >> Notesnook Desktop Security Vulnerabilities
Notesnook is a note-taking app. Prior to version 3.3.11 on Web/Desktop, a cross-site scripting vulnerability stored in the note history comparison viewer can escalate to remote code execution in a desktop application. The issue is triggered when an attacker-controlled note header is displayed using `dangerouslySetInnerHTML` without secure handling. When combined with the full backup and restore feature in the desktop application, this becomes remote code execution because Electron is configured with `nodeIntegration: true` and `contextIsolation: false`. Version 3.3.11 patches the issue.
CVSS Score
8.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-27
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.
CVSS Score
9.6
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2026-03-27
Notesnook is a note-taking app focused on user privacy & ease of use. Prior to 3.3.9, a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability existed in Notesnook's editor embed component when rendering Twitter/X embed URLs. The tweetToEmbed() function in component.tsx interpolated the user-supplied URL directly into an HTML string without escaping, which was then assigned to the srcdoc attribute of an <iframe>. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.9.
CVSS Score
5.4
EPSS Score
0.0
Published
2026-03-11