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6.4
Malicious code can execute when using Robo Gallery plugin with WordPress
CVE-2026-4300
Summary
The Robo Gallery plugin for WordPress has a security flaw that allows attackers to inject malicious code into web pages. This can happen when an authenticated user with author-level access or above creates a gallery with a specially crafted 'Loading Label' setting. To fix this, update the Robo Gallery plugin to the latest version or remove it if you don't need it.
Original title
The Robo Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Loading Label' setting in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3. The plugin uses a custom `|***...***|...
Original description
The Robo Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Loading Label' setting in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3. The plugin uses a custom `|***...***|` marker pattern in its `fixJsFunction()` method to embed raw JavaScript function references within JSON-encoded configuration objects. When a gallery's options are rendered on the frontend, `json_encode()` wraps all string values in double quotes. The `fixJsFunction()` method then strips the `"|***` and `***|"` sequences, effectively converting a JSON string value into raw JavaScript code. The Loading Label field (stored as `rbs_gallery_LoadingWord` post_meta) is an `rbstext` type field that is sanitized with `sanitize_text_field()` on save. While this strips HTML tags, it does not strip the `|***...***|` markers since they contain no HTML. When a user inputs `|***alert(document.domain)***|`, the value passes through sanitization intact, is stored in post_meta, and is later retrieved and output within an inline `<script>` tag via `renderMainBlock()` with the quote markers stripped — resulting in arbitrary JavaScript execution. The gallery post type uses `capability_type => 'post'`, allowing Author-level users to create galleries. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses a page containing the gallery shortcode.
nvd CVSS3.1
6.4
Vulnerability type
CWE-79
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/tags/5.1.3/includes/fron...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/tags/5.1.3/includes/fron...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/tags/5.1.3/includes/fron...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/tags/5.1.3/includes/fron...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/tags/5.1.3/includes/fron...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/tags/5.1.3/includes/opti...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/trunk/includes/frontend/...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/trunk/includes/frontend/...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/trunk/includes/frontend/...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/trunk/includes/frontend/...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/trunk/includes/frontend/...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/robo-gallery/trunk/includes/options/r...
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old...
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8693b7d-693f-450a-89e...
Published: 8 Apr 2026 · Updated: 9 Apr 2026 · First seen: 8 Apr 2026