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Modals security vulnerabilities

mySites.guru tracks 2 vulnerabilities in Modals (modals), covering 3 CVEs. Every connected Joomla site is checked against them on each audit.

Is my site affected?

Your site is affected if it runs Modals in any of these ranges:

  • from 16.0.0 up to but not including 17.0.0
  • up to and including 15.0.0
Latest safe version
17.0.0 or later. No rule we check matches that release or any newer one.
What to do
Update Modals to 17.0.0 or later from the vendor, then confirm the installed version on the Joomla administrator's Extensions: Manage screen.
Check whether your sites are affected

Every Modals vulnerability we track

Newest first. CVSS is the score published in each CVE record, where it has one; the severity column is the rating our check uses.

CVEAffected versionsFixed inSeverityAdded
CVE-2026-85189CVSS 7.5CVE-2026-88853CVSS 7.5from 16.0.0 up to but not including 17.0.017.0.0High2026-09-13
CVE-2026-65713CVSS 6.5up to and including 15.0.0update to 16.0.0Unrated-

What we check for

HighCVE-2026-85189CVE-2026-888532026-09-13

Modals (modals) 16.0.0 to below 17.0.0 - Authenticated Stored XSS via JavaScript URLs and JavaScript Events

Regular Labs Modals 16.0.0 through 16.2.0 is affected by two vendor-confirmed security defects, both fixed in 17.0.0 (released 13 September 2026). CVE-2026-85189: modal links accepted javascript: URLs, so a crafted link executed script when the modal was opened. CVE-2026-88853: JavaScript Events could be attached by any user able to author content; 17.0.0 restricts them to selected article author groups by default. Both require the ability to author or edit content containing Modals links or tags, making this an authenticated stored XSS. Update to 17.0.0 or later. Note that 17.0.0 is flagged by the vendor as a BC BREAK: the JavaScript Events restriction is enabled by default and has to be re-opened deliberately per author group, so review those settings after updating. The CVE records were published on 14 September 2026: CVE-2026-85189 at CVSS 4.0 7.5 (High), vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N; CVE-2026-88853 at CVSS 4.0 7.5 (High), vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N.

Affected versions: ≥ 16.0.0 and < 17.0.0

Full advisory: regularlabs.com

CVE-2026-65713

Modals (modals) below 16.0.0 - Stored XSS and Path Traversal

Regular Labs Modals before 16.0.0 is affected by issues fixed in the coordinated Regular Labs security release of 22 July 2026 (no CVE assigned): decoded modal data title, description and HTML values able to execute unsafe markup (stored XSS - decoded modal HTML now strips scripts, event handlers and executable URLs); and (Pro) gallery folders accepting unsafe relative paths (path traversal). Update to Modals 16.0.0 or later (16.0.1 is a same-day bugfix follow-up). CVE ids assigned by the Joomla CNA for this extension in the 22 July 2026 Regular Labs security release: CVE-2026-64795, CVE-2026-65713.

Affected versions: ≤ 15.0.0

Full advisory: regularlabs.com

Timeline

  1. 23 July 2026CVE-2026-65713 record published
  2. 13 September 2026Check added for CVE-2026-85189 and CVE-2026-88853 (from 16.0.0 up to but not including 17.0.0)
  3. 14 September 2026CVE-2026-85189 record published
  4. 14 September 2026CVE-2026-88853 record published

References

Each CVE page above links its official cve.org record and its NVD entry.

Modals vulnerability questions

Which versions of Modals are vulnerable?
mySites.guru tracks 2 vulnerabilities in Modals (modals). A site is affected if its installed version is in any of these ranges: from 16.0.0 up to but not including 17.0.0; up to and including 15.0.0.
What is the latest safe version of Modals?
17.0.0. Every vulnerability tracked here is fixed by 17.0.0, and no rule we check matches that release or any later one.
How do I check which version of Modals my Joomla site runs?
The installed version is listed on the Joomla administrator's Extensions: Manage screen; search it for modals. mySites.guru reads the installed version on every audit of a connected site and checks it against these rules.

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This check is part of the mySites.guru Joomla vulnerability scanner, which reads every installed extension's version on each audit. Browse the rest of the Joomla vulnerability database.

CVE identifiers: CVE-2026-85189, CVE-2026-88853, CVE-2026-65713. Rules current as of 23 October 2026.