Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, Context.JSONP and Context.JSONPBlob concatenate an unvalidated callback value into a JavaScript response. A route that passes attacker-controlled input as the callback can return executable script syntax, allowing reflected cross-site scripting when a user loads the crafted response. The vulnerable jsonPBlob path performs no callback validation or escaping, and exploitation requires an application route that exposes attacker control over the callback argument. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.

Affected: Go: github.com/labstack/echo/v5, Go: github.com/labstack/echo/v4

### Summary

The `Context.JSONP`, `Context.JSONPBlob`, and internal `jsonPBlob` helper in `context.go` directly concatenate the caller-supplied `callback` parameter into a JavaScript response **without any validation, escaping, or allow-listing**.

This creates a high-impact **reflected XSS** that can be triggered by any route passing attacker-controlled data (query string, form, header, path param, etc.) into the callback.

**Present in current master and v5.1.0 (latest release).**

### Vulnerable Code (verbatim)

```go func (c *Context) jsonPBlob(code int, callback string, i any) (err error) { c.writeContentType(MIMEApplicationJavaScriptCharsetUTF8) c.response.WriteHeader(code) if _, err = c.response.Write([]byte(callback + "(")); err != nil { return } if err = c.echo.JSONSerializer.Serialize(c, i, ""); err != nil { return } if _, err = c.response.Write([]byte(");")); err != nil { return } return }

func (c *Context) JSONP(code int, callback string, i any) (err error) { return c.jsonPBlob(code, callback, i) }

func (c *Context) JSONPBlob(code int, callback string, b []byte) (err error) { c.writeContentType(MIMEApplicationJavaScriptCharsetUTF8) c.response.WriteHeader(code) if _, err = c.response.Write([]byte(callback + "(")); err != nil { return } if _, err = c.response.Write(b); err != nil { return } _, err = c.response.Write([]byte(");")) return } ``` No sanitization is performed on the callback string.

### Exploit (one-request repro) Any ro…

Affected: Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: golang-github-labstack-echo.v2, Ubuntu:20.04:LTS: golang-github-labstack-echo.v3, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: golang-github-labstack-echo, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: golang-github-labstack-echo.v2, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: golang-github-labstack-echo.v3, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: golang-github-labstack-echo, Ubuntu:26.10: golang-github-labstack-echo, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: golang-github-labstack-echo

Echo is a Go web framework. Prior to 4.16.0 and 5.4.0, Context.JSONP and Context.JSONPBlob concatenate an unvalidated callback value into a JavaScript response. A route that passes attacker-controlled input as the callback can return executable script syntax, allowing reflected cross-site scripting when a user loads the crafted response. The vulnerable jsonPBlob path performs no callback validation or escaping, and exploitation requires an application route that exposes attacker control over the callback argument. This issue is fixed in 4.16.0 and 5.4.0.