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CVE-2026-81153

Status: DeferredMedium (6.8)—
Severity6.8Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.29 %higher than 20% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

The Robo Gallery WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its image settings before outputting them in a gallery page, allowing users with the Author role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of any visitor viewing the gallery, including administrators, even where the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed such as on multisite.

CVSS

Base score
6.8
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.29 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
20
Score date
10/22/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

XSS almacenado (CWE-79) en plugin WordPress sin sanitizar entradas de imagen. Vector CVSS con UI:R (interacción del usuario—visualizar galería) y red pública (AV:N) confirma T1189. Impacto: ejecución JavaScript en navegador del visitante (T1059.007).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Restrict Web-Based ContentUser TrainingExecution PreventionBehavior Prevention on EndpointDisable or Remove Feature or ProgramApplication Isolation and Sandboxing

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Robogallery — Robo GalleryAI

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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