FKIE_CVE-2026-55090

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-19 20:17 - Updated: 2026-09-09 21:15
Severity
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Summary
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ether/etherpad/commit/86c56cf827dd6e5ff1b6cd3760f87adc47f58bb1
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ether/etherpad/pull/7905
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ether/etherpad/releases/tag/v3.3.0
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/ether/etherpad/security/advisories/GHSA-2jp7-wwpg-3p9w
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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