Stored cross-site scripting in Robo Gallery WordPress plugin via image alt text
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Robo Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not sanitise and escape image alt text before outputting it in one of its gallery layouts. An authenticated attacker with the Author role or higher can store script code that runs in the browser of any user who views the affected gallery, including administrators (CWE-79).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Robo Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not sanitise and escape image alt text before outputting it in one of its gallery layouts, allowing users with the Author role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of any user viewing the affected gallery, including administrators.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Robo Gallery | before 5.2.6 | 5.2.6 | Patch available | CNA |
- Robo Gallery VendorUnknown Affected before 5.2.6 Fixed in 5.2.6 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Robo Gallery to version 5.2.6 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Robo Gallery (Unknown) Fixed in 5.2.6
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Robo Gallery 5.2.6
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-70446 Stored XSS in Robo Gallery WordPress plugin gallery settingsPriority LOW 32
- TI-2026-70445 Stored cross-site scripting in Robo Gallery WordPress pluginPriority LOW 32
- TI-2026-70443 Stored cross-site scripting in Robo Gallery via image overlay effect metaPriority LOW 32
Timeline
- 2026-10-11 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81154
- 2026-10-11 Alias added: GHSA-5qfx-vjr9-8vhf
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-81154 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81154 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5qfx-vjr9-8vhf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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