CVE-2026-45733 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 18.08.2026 Updated: 18.08.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 8.3

Product Status

Vendor TriliumNext
Product Trilium
Versions
  • Version < 0.103.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE
  • CWE-83: Improper Neutralization of Script in Attributes in a Web Page CWE
  • CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure CWE