CVE-2026-78077

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Assigned by CNA: joomla

Published 2026-08-31 · Modified 2026-08-31

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

8.6

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

VIR risk

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Description

Joomla Extension - joomshaper.com - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in MegaMenu Layout Container & Embed Inputs in Helix Ultimate < 2.2.10 - Unsanitized column and item configuration values stored within the MegaMenu layout JSON were rendered without complete contextual escaping, allowing injection of malicious HTML/JS. Stricter sanitization and tag allowlists via `InputFilter` and `htmlspecialchars` were implemented.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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References

https://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-templates/helixultimate

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.