CVE-2026-85196 Cross-site scripting in Articles Anywhere (Pro) extension for Joomla
Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in Joomla Articles Anywhere and Users Anywhere extensions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-85196?
CVE-2026-85196 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in regularlabs.com Articles Anywhere (Pro) extension for Joomla, published on 14 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Joomla Extension - regularlabs.com - Reflected XSS in Articles Anywhere extension for Joomla < 20.0.0, Users Anywhere extension for Joomla < 2.1.0 - Articles Anywhere Pro and Users Anywhere Pro return values from request-input data tags without making them safe for the context in which the tag is used. Joomla's string input filter does not make the same value safe for HTML text, an HTML attribute and a URL. A visitor-controlled request value can therefore become an executable URL or a new event attribute in output configured by a site author.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85196?
How do I fix CVE-2026-85196?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85196 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-2026-85196 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85196 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xh7r-fjj6-r3qm.