CVE-2026-55665

DOM-based XSS in Grist via unsanitized links, enabling privilege escalation

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 10, 2026 at 08:58 PM UTC
Updated: October 25, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGrist Core

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Grist is spreadsheet software using Python as its formula language. Prior to 1.7.15, Grist contained two cross-site scripting vulnerabilities where an attacker-controlled value reached a link's href without scheme validation, so a javascript URL could run in a victim's Grist origin on a single click. On the account-selection page, /welcome/select-account used its next query parameter as the account buttons' link target. In document tours, the GristDocTour table's Link_URL column became a clickable button, allowing an editor of a shared document to store a javascript URL there that ran when another user opened the document and clicked the tour link. Because the script runs in the victim's authenticated session, it can call Grist APIs as the victim, reading or modifying data and changing sharing settings and access rules. A document editor could therefore escalate to owner-level access. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.15.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.7.15
Affected range stops below 1.7.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

8.5HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-79

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