CVEPublished 2026-08-19Modified 2026-09-091 article on news6 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-55085

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
9.6
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
EPSS percentile
29
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 71% of all CVEs
Description

Etherpad is a real-time collaborative editor. Prior to 3.3.1, result.appendSpan in src/static/js/domline.ts interpolates the start attribute of a numbered list directly into an unquoted ol start attribute before assigning the generated markup to node.innerHTML. ImportEtherpad.setPadRaw in src/node/utils/ImportEtherpad.ts accepts attacker-controlled attribute-pool values from a crafted .etherpad import, including list:number1 and a malicious start value. Any user with write access to a pad can store markup that executes as cross-site scripting when another user opens the pad or /timeslider, including when an administrator views the pad. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.1.

Timeline
Published 2026-08-19
Modified 2026-09-09

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Known PoCs on GitHub

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