CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe Articles Anywhere extension for Joomla versions prior to 20.0.0 is vulnerable to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attack due to improper handling of link options like onclick and onmouseover, which are rendered as HTML event attributes without validating the author's trust level. This flaw allows attackers to inject malicious scripts that could execute in the context of users viewing the articles, potentially leading to data theft or session hijacking. Joomla administrators and developers using this extension should prioritize patching or upgrading to mitigate the risk of exploitation.
Original NVD 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.