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.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Trilium: Stored XSS in note icon rendering leads to Remote Code Execution in Electron desktop app
Weaknesses CWE-693
CWE-79
CWE-83
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:33:41.704Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T05:51:48.667Z

Link: CVE-2026-45733

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T15:33:11.992Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-18T15:16:54.270

Modified: 2026-08-18T16:17:08.867

Link: CVE-2026-45733

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-18T17:45:06Z

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