Preliminary research

NodeBB XSS through translation-template gadgets after HTML escaping

Jorian Woltjer · Aikido Security

AI-collected research leads through 3 November 2026, including a November–October–September missed-article review and a targeted multilingual search alongside earlier community-source sweeps. Unranked, incomplete, not community-vetted, and subject to change.

Examines eight NodeBB findings, including translation performed after HTML escaping. Bracketed translation syntax selects trusted catalog strings as HTML gadgets, with a second template supplying syntax blocked in direct input; source traces show how rendering order and translation keys compose an XSS payload.

Record

Researcher

Jorian Woltjer

Published by

Aikido Security

In the archive

• Collected in the 2026 preliminary research sweep

Related sources

• Maintainer’s remediation design

Tags

• xss
• csti
• nodejs
• parser-differential
• attack-chain
• owasp-a03-2021

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