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CVE-2026-55090: Etherpad has stored XSS in HTML export via unescaped attribute-pool values

August 17, 2026

Fix: PR #7905 (ether/etherpad).

getHTMLFromAtext in src/node/utils/ExportHtml.ts interpolates values from the exportHtmlAdditionalTagsWithData plugin hook into span data-<k>="<v>" without HTML-attribute escaping. The value comes verbatim from the pad attribute pool, which a pad editor controls via a crafted changeset (only author attributes are validated; moveOpsToNewPool -> AttributePool.putAttrib stores any value). With a bundled plugin that registers the hook (ep_font_color / ep_font_size), an attribute value such as " onload="alert(1) is exported as <span data-color="" onload="alert(1)"> and served as text/html, yielding stored XSS for any collaborator who opens the export.

Fix: escape the name and value via Security.escapeHTMLAttribute. PR #7905 also adds a startup warning when default/placeholder account or SSO credentials are configured (defense-in-depth, non-breaking).

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2jp7-wwpg-3p9w
  • github.com/ether/etherpad/commit/86c56cf827dd6e5ff1b6cd3760f87adc47f58bb1
  • github.com/ether/etherpad/pull/7905
  • github.com/ether/etherpad/releases/tag/3.3.0
  • github.com/ether/etherpad/security/advisories/GHSA-2jp7-wwpg-3p9w
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55090

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.3.0

Fixed versions

  • 3.3.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.3.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Source file

npm/ep_etherpad-lite/CVE-2026-55090.yml

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