Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain content-authoring access to Joomla site
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ExploitInsert [email allow_output_email="1"] / [username] tag
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ExecutionAttribute overrides admin personal-data output setting at render
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ImpactDisclose suppressed email address or username
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the ability to place Users Anywhere tags ({user}, [email], [username]) into a content source that the extension renders, and then to add an overriding attribute such as allow_output_email="1" (or the username equivalent). That attribute changes the plugin's personal-data output setting for that single render, bypassing an administrator's 'Allow output of email/username = No' configuration. A key limiting factor stated by the vendor: this does NOT bypass the separate policy that disallows Users Anywhere tags from the content source altogether - if that policy blocks the tags, the override cannot be reached. Exploitation therefore depends on (a) authenticated content-authoring access and (b) a configuration where Users Anywhere tags are permitted in the content source; it also only matters where an admin has deliberately disabled email/username output. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity information-disclosure issue (CVSS 5.1, CWE-200) with no signals of real-world exploitation: no CISA KEV listing, no EPSS score supplied, and no public exploit or PoC reference in the input (the only reference is the vendor homepage, not an advisory). The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', consistent with a prioritize-but-not-emergency posture rather than act_now. The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N) describes network reach and low complexity but requires privileges (PR:H) and yields only low confidentiality impact with no integrity or availability effect - matching the description, where the abuse is performed by someone who can author content containing Users Anywhere tags. The practical risk is bounded: it exposes user email addresses/usernames that an administrator intended to suppress, not credentials or system control. The one tension worth flagging is privilege level: the input scores PR:H, but the described capability (embedding [email]/[username]/{user} tags in a content source) is typically a content-author function in Joomla rather than full administrative access - see assessed vector below, where PR:L is argued. This is a genuine but contained personal-data exposure issue, not a high-urgency remote-compromise threat. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A user with content-authoring access on a Joomla site running Users Anywhere < 3.0.1 inserts a tag such as [email allow_output_email="1"] into a page or article. At render time the attribute overrides the administrator's 'Allow output of email = No' setting, causing a user's protected email address (or username) to be displayed to viewers even though personal-data output was disabled. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the trigger is the per-tag attribute described by the vendor. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 02, 2026
The Regular Labs Users Anywhere extension for Joomla (free and Pro) before version 3.0.1 lets a content author override the administrator's personal-data output setting by embedding an attribute inside a {user}, [email] or [username] tag - for example [email allow_output_email="1"] renders an email address even when 'Allow output of email' is set to No. This is a limited information-disclosure issue (CVSS 5.1, CWE-200) that requires authenticated content-authoring access and a site where Users Anywhere tags are permitted in the content source; it does not defeat a separate policy that blocks those tags entirely. No public exploit or PoC reference exists in the available sources and there is no CISA KEV listing or EPSS score, so it is handled on a monthly patch cadence rather than as an emergency.
RemediationAI
Update the Users Anywhere extension (Free or Pro) to version 3.0.1 or later, the release that the CVE record marks as the fixed threshold; check the vendor site at https://www.regularlabs.com/ for the download and changelog, since no separate advisory URL is provided in the source data. If the update cannot be applied immediately, the vendor-documented limiting factor doubles as a mitigation: enforce the separate policy that disallows Users Anywhere tags from content sources, which prevents the inline override attribute from ever being processed - the trade-off is that legitimate {user}, [email] and [username] tags stop rendering in those sources. In parallel, restrict who holds content-authoring privileges, since exploitation requires the ability to insert tags into a rendered content source; this narrows exposure but does not remove it for trusted authors. Note that simply setting 'Allow output of email/username = No' is not a fix, because that is precisely the setting the flaw overrides.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Users Anywhere is a Joomla content plugin that substitutes shortcode-style tags ({user}, [email], [username]) in content with data drawn from Joomla user accounts, subject to administrator-controlled privacy switches that govern whether email addresses and usernames may be rendered at all. The flaw is a CWE-200 exposure of sensitive information: attribute values supplied inline in a tag are merged into the plugin's render-time configuration, so an author who can write tags can flip the allow_output_email (or username equivalent) switch for that individual render and contradict the stored 'No' setting. Because the attack vector is the content itself, the practical exposure is a site visitor receiving personal data that the administrator intended to withhold, with confidentiality impact only (no integrity or availability effect). The vendor explicitly notes the boundary of the flaw: a separate policy that disallows Users Anywhere tags from a given content source is not bypassed, so if that policy is in force the override attribute is never processed. The tag syntax and configuration keys are specific to this extension and to Joomla's plugin event pipeline; the exact parsing routine is not described in the available sources.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Abuse requires authenticated content-authoring privileges to embed tags (PR:L, not admin/PR:H), low complexity, and leaks only limited personal data, so C:L with I:N/A:N.
Primary rating from Vendor (Joomla).
CVSS VectorVendor: Joomla
DescriptionCVE.org
Joomla Extension - regularlabs.com - Exposure of Sensitive Information to Unauthorized Actor in Users Anywhere extension for Joomla < 3.0.1 - An administrator can disable output of user email addresses or usernames in Users Anywhere. In affected code, attributes supplied inside a {user} or [email] / [username] tag can change those plugin settings for that render. For example, [email allow_output_email="1"] can display an email address even when Allow output of email is set to No. This bypasses the personal-data output setting; it does not bypass a separate policy that disallows Users Anywhere tags from the content source altogether.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
EUVD-2026-115175
GHSA-4v98-4xvq-p4hv
NVD
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