Trilium
CVE-2022-2290
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 6.1 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository zadam/trilium prior to 0.52.4, 0.53.1-beta. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository zadam/trilium prior to 0.52.4, 0.53.1-beta. Affected products include: Triliumnotes Trilium. Version information: prior to 0.52.4.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository zadam/trilium prior to 0.52.4, 0.53.1-beta.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Trilium Notes is an open-source, cross-platform hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large person
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository zadam/trilium prior to 0.59.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4)
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in GitHub repository zadam/trilium prior to 0.53.3. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4)
Stored cross-site scripting escalating to remote code execution affects TriliumNext Trilium versions up to and including
Stored cross-site scripting escalating to remote code execution affects TriliumNext Trilium through version 0.103.0, whe
Stored cross-site scripting escalating to remote code execution affects TriliumNext Trilium through version 0.103.0, whe
Remote code execution in TriliumNext Trilium Notes desktop client prior to 0.102.2 allows attackers to achieve arbitrary
Remote code execution in Trilium versions prior to 0.104.0 is achievable by exploiting a bypass in the application's Saf
Authentication bypass in Trilium Notes Desktop (Electron build) versions 0.102.1 and earlier allows remote unauthenticat
Arbitrary local file disclosure and denial-of-service exist in Trilium's automatic image-download feature, affecting all
Unauthenticated content exfiltration in Trilium up to 0.103.0 is possible through the public share-search endpoint, whic
Stored XSS-to-RCE chain in Trilium Notes versions 0.102.1 and prior allows a network attacker to execute arbitrary Node.
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