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SiYuan before v3.8.4 Stored XSS via Unescaped Flashcard Content

Priority HIGH 72CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

SiYuan before v3.8.4 does not HTML-escape stored flashcard block content before interpolating it into the card-manager list markup. Block content returned by /api/riff/getRiffCards is inserted into a card item template in app/src/card/viewCards.ts and assigned to listElement.innerHTML, so content such as <img src=invalid onerror=...> becomes an executable event-handler attribute. Because the SiYuan desktop (Electron) main window is created with nodeIntegration enabled and contextIsolation disabled, an administrator who opens the card manager on a workspace containing attacker-supplied flashcard content (for example introduced through contribution or import) executes the attacker's script in a privileged renderer, which can lead to arbitrary code execution on the host. The affected endpoint remains behind authentication and administrator-role checks; this is an untrusted-content-to-privileged-renderer issue, not an authorization bypass.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00672 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed siyuan (siyuan-note): 3.8.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
siyuan-notesiyuanbefore 3.8.43.8.4Patch availableCNA
  • siyuan Vendorsiyuan-note Affected before 3.8.4 Fixed in 3.8.4 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——siyuan-note
  • cpe:2.3:a:b3log:siyuan:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·siyuan-note

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA siyuan (siyuan-note) Fixed in 3.8.4

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    siyuan-note siyuan 3.8.4

    14 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 11 HIGH, 2 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-64804 SiYuan before v3.8.4 SQL Injection via dailyNoteSavePathPriority HIGH 77
    • TI-2026-64806 SiYuan before v3.8.4 Authentication Bypass via Missing Origin HeaderPriority HIGH 72
    • TI-2026-64805 SiYuan 3.7.0 before 3.8.4 Stored XSS via Gallery KanbanPriority HIGH 72

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100641
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wvmc-29rv-83j2
  3. 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-05 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
  5. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

  • TI-2026-48492 SiYuan before v3.7.3 SQL Injection via searchDocs CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-48491 SiYuan before v3.7.3 SQL Injection via searchEmbedBlock CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-48490 SiYuan before v3.7.3 SQL Injection via fullTextSearchAssetContent CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-47010 SiYuan before v3.7.2 Unauthenticated Administrator Takeover via MCP CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-26050 SiYuan has directory traversal within its publishing service CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-25256 SiYuan: Authorization Bypass Allows Arbitrary SQL Execution via Search API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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