Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. Prior to 3.3.0, getHTMLFromAtext in src/node/utils/ExportHtml.ts interpolates values from the exportHtmlAdditionalTagsWithData plugin hook into span data attributes without HTML attribute escaping. A pad editor can place an attacker-controlled value into the attribute pool through moveOpsToNewPool and AttributePool.putAttrib. When a bundled plugin such as ep_font_color or ep_font_size registers the hook, opening the resulting HTML export causes the value to execute as stored cross-site scripting in the Etherpad origin. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-2jp7-wwpg-3p9w | Etherpad has stored XSS in HTML export via unescaped attribute-pool values |
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. Prior to 3.3.0, getHTMLFromAtext in src/node/utils/ExportHtml.ts interpolates values from the exportHtmlAdditionalTagsWithData plugin hook into span data attributes without HTML attribute escaping. A pad editor can place an attacker-controlled value into the attribute pool through moveOpsToNewPool and AttributePool.putAttrib. When a bundled plugin such as ep_font_color or ep_font_size registers the hook, opening the resulting HTML export causes the value to execute as stored cross-site scripting in the Etherpad origin. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0. | |
| Title | Etherpad: Stored XSS in HTML export via unescaped attribute-pool values | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-19T19:32:17.607Z
Reserved: 2026-06-16T14:41:54.578Z
Link: CVE-2026-55090
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-19T20:17:18.233
Modified: 2026-08-19T20:17:18.233
Link: CVE-2026-55090
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