OpenClaw has stored XSS in exported session HTML viewer via markdown/raw-HTML rendering
Date: 2026-03
Affected: npm/openclaw
Attack vector: xss
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CWE: CWE-79

## Summary The exported session HTML viewer allowed stored XSS when untrusted session content included raw HTML markdown tokens or unescaped metadata fields. ## Impact Opening a crafted exported HTML session could execute attacker-controlled JavaScript in the viewer context. This can expose session content in the page and enable phishing or UI spoofing in the trusted export view. ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected versions: `<= 2026.2.22-2` - Patched version (released): `>= 2026.2.23` ## Technical Details The exporter rendered markdown with `marked.parse(...)` and inserted HTML via `innerHTML`, but did not override the `html` renderer token path. Raw HTML (for example `<img ... onerror=...>`) was passed through. Additional tree/header metadata fields were interpolated without escaping in the export template. ## Reproduction 1. Create a session containing content like `<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>`. 2. Export the session to HTML. 3. Open the exported file. 4. Observe script execution from injected content. ## Remediation - Added a `marked` `html(token)` renderer override that escapes raw HTML tokens. - Escaped previously unescaped tree/header metadata fields in the export template. - Added image MIME sanitization for exported data-URL image rendering. - Added regression tests for markdown/token and metadata escaping paths. ## Fix Commit(s) - `f8524ec77a3999d573e6c6b8a5055bf35c49a2e6` ## Release Process Note `patched_versions`


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