Author-level stored XSS via unescaped image alt text
Published Oct 11, 2026 · Updated Oct 11, 2026
Stored XSS in RoboSoft Robo Gallery before 5.2.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts via crafted image alt text. One gallery layout outputs stored alt text without sanitizing or escaping it; the supplied record does not identify the layout or rendering function. Author-level access or above is required to inject the payload, which executes in the browser of anyone viewing the affected gallery, including administrators.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in RoboSoft Robo Gallery before 5.2.6 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts via crafted image alt text. One gallery layout outputs stored alt text without sanitizing or escaping it; the supplied record does not identify the layout or rendering function. Author-level access or above is required to inject the payload, which executes in the browser of anyone viewing the affected gallery, including administrators.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-81154
- Published
- Oct 11, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Vendor
- RoboSoft
- Product
- Robo Gallery
- Classifications
- T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <5.2.6
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