CVE-2026-85195 Cross-site scripting in Articles Anywhere (Free, Pro) extension for Joomla
Privileged users can inject malicious scripts via link options in Articles Anywhere, leading to stored XSS and potential account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-85195?
CVE-2026-85195 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in regularlabs.com Articles Anywhere (Free, Pro) extension for Joomla, published on 14 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Joomla Extension - regularlabs.com - Privileged stored XSS via link option in Articles Anywhere extension for Joomla < 20.0.0 - Articles Anywhere accepts link options such as onclick and onmouseover. In affected versions, those options become real HTML event attributes without checking the article author's trust level. The plugin syntax survives Joomla's normal Author content filter because the executable HTML is generated later.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85195?
How do I fix CVE-2026-85195?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85195 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-85195 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85195 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jvv6-hc62-cm99.