Quick Index security vulnerabilities

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MediumCVE-2026-851902026-09-13

Quick Index (quickindex) 5.0.0 to below 5.0.5 - Authenticated Stored XSS via Crafted Index Class Options

Regular Labs Quick Index 5.0.0 through 5.0.4 is affected by CVE-2026-85190, fixed in 5.0.5 (released 13 September 2026). Crafted index class options were not sanitised, allowing JavaScript to be injected into the rendered index. Exploitation requires the ability to author or edit content containing a Quick Index tag, so this is an authenticated stored XSS. Update to 5.0.5 or later. The same release also fixes indexes showing headings from articles the visitor cannot access, an access control defect the vendor did not label a security fix but which discloses restricted article titles to unauthorised visitors. As at 13 September 2026 the CVE record(s) for this advisory are RESERVED and not yet published, so no official CVSS score exists yet and the severity recorded here is mySites.guru's own assessment, to be revised when the records go live.

Affected versions: ≥ 5.0.0 and < 5.0.5

Full advisory: regularlabs.com

MediumCVE-2026-632652026-07-22

Regular Labs Quick Index (quickindex) <= 4.3.6 - Broken Access Control (Regular Labs AJAX endpoints)

Regular Labs Quick Index up to and including 4.3.6. Privileged Regular Labs AJAX endpoints did not consistently require valid CSRF tokens, matching component/item permissions and trusted server-generated form configuration, so authenticated lower-privileged users, or a CSRF attack, could invoke lookups or mutations outside their authorisation (CVE-2026-63265). Fixed in the Regular Labs security release of 22 July 2026 (5.0.0).

Affected versions: ≤ 4.3.6

Full advisory: our disclosure post

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CVE identifiers: CVE-2026-85190, CVE-2026-63265. Rules current as of 13 September 2026.