# CVE-2026-85196: Regular Labs Articles Anywhere and Users Anywhere reflected XSS

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-85196-regular-labs-articles-anywhere-and-users-anywhere-reflected-xss  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-14. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-85196 · Severity: info · Published 2026-09-14

Regular Labs produces popular Joomla extensions (Articles Anywhere and Users Anywhere) used by over 100,000 websites to manage content display. These extensions fail to properly sanitize visitor-supplied input before inserting it into HTML, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts or modify page functionality. An attacker could trick a visitor into clicking a malicious link to steal credentials or take control of their session.

Technologies: [Regular Labs Articles Anywhere](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/articles-anywhere), [Regular Labs Users Anywhere](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/users-anywhere). Vendors: [Regular Labs](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/regular-labs).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-85196 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-85196 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-85196?** Informational severity, published 14 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Regular Labs Articles Anywhere < 20.0.0; Regular Labs Users Anywhere < 2.1.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-85196?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-85196 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-85196?** Check whether you run Regular Labs Articles Anywhere or Regular Labs Users Anywhere at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

This is a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Articles Anywhere and Users Anywhere Joomla extensions. The root cause is that these extensions return request-input data values without context-aware sanitization—Joomla's string filter does not provide the same safety for HTML text, HTML attributes, and URLs. An attacker can craft a malicious URL containing executable script or event attributes that execute in a victim's browser when the extension processes the unsanitized request parameter. The vulnerability is reflected (not stored), so exploitation requires social engineering or URL injection. No special authentication is required.

## Affected products

- Regular Labs Articles Anywhere < 20.0.0
- Regular Labs Users Anywhere < 2.1.0

## Timeline

- 2026-09-14: disclosed

## References

- [https://www.regularlabs.com/](https://www.regularlabs.com/)

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