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Fencer Intel
high 8.3

CVE-2026-45733 json

Trilium: Stored XSS in note icon rendering leads to Remote Code Execution in Electron desktop app

published 2mo ago modified 18d ago also EUVD-2026-60956

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Trilium Notes is a cross-platform, hierarchical note taking application focused on building large personal knowledge bases. Prior to 0.103.0, the #iconClass label value is returned raw by getNoteIcon() and inserted without HTML attribute encoding into class attributes in apps/client/src/widgets/quick_search.ts and apps/client/src/services/note_autocomplete.ts, allowing a stored payload to execute automatically when a victim opens a new tab or uses Ctrl+J and, because Electron enables nodeIntegration and disables contextIsolation, run operating-system commands as the victim. This issue is fixed in version 0.103.0.

Patch / fix

  • triliumnotes trilium 0.103.0

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/security/advisories/GHSA-h45q-4qc4-8hhg referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected products

  • TriliumNext Trilium

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
  • CWE-83 Improper Neutralization of Script in Attributes in a Web Page
  • CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure

References

Sources

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.