# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 14 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xh7r-fjj6-r3qm

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-85196 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-85196 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85196 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: regularlabs.com Articles Anywhere (Pro) extension for Joomla. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85196/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85196/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-85196
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85196
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-85196

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-85196/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.