# CVE-2026-55090: Etherpad: Stored XSS in HTML export via unescaped attribute-pool values

- Also known as: GHSA-2JP7-WWPG-3P9W
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.3.0
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-20

## Affected

- ether etherpad: fixed in 3.3.0
- ep\_etherpad-lite (npm): fixed in 3.3.0

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on ether etherpad, ep\_etherpad-lite, upgrade to a fixed version (3.3.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/ether/etherpad/security/advisories/GHSA-2jp7-wwpg-3p9w
- https://github.com/ether/etherpad/pull/7905
- https://github.com/ether/etherpad/commit/86c56cf827dd6e5ff1b6cd3760f87adc47f58bb1
- https://github.com/ether/etherpad/releases/tag/v3.3.0

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