Description
### Summary On all Label Studio versions prior to 1.11.0, data imported via file upload feature is not properly sanitized prior to being rendered within a [`Choices`](https://labelstud.io/tags/choices) or [`Labels`](https://labelstud.io/tags/labels) tag, resulting in an XSS vulnerability.
### Details Need permission to use the "data import" function. This was reproduced on Label Studio 1.10.1.
### PoC
1. Create a project. 
2. Upload a file containing the payload using the "Upload Files" function.  
The following are the contents of the files used in the PoC ``` { "data": { "prompt": "labelstudio universe image", "images": [ { "value": "id123#0", "style": "margin: 5px", "html": "<img width='400' src='https://labelstud.io/_astro/images-tab.64279c16_ZaBSvC.avif' onload=alert(document.cookie)>" } ] } } ```
3. Select the text-to-image generation labeling template of Ranking and scoring  
4. Select a task 
5. Check that the script is running 
### Impact Malicious scripts can be injected into the code, and when linked with vulnerabilities such as CSRF, it can cause even greater damage. In particular, It can become a source of further attacks, especially when linked to social engineering.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 22, 2024
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed