---
id: "CVE-2026-102802"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-102802"]
title: "Joomla Sourcerer extension can run PHP from included articles unchecked"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.9
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["articles-anywhere", "joomla", "package", "php", "self-hosted", "sourcerer"]
not_affected_if: ["force-content-triggers-on", "single-extension", "sourcerer-17.0.1-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-02T14:17:34+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-02T14:23:23+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-02T14:24:48+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102802", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-02T14:23:23+00:00"}]
---

# Joomla Sourcerer extension can run PHP from included articles unchecked

When Articles Anywhere includes one article inside another, Sourcerer may evaluate the included article's PHP using the enclosing article's trust instead of its own. An author with lower trust can get PHP code run on the Joomla site.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Sourcerer extension version in the Joomla administrator under Extensions.
- Check the installed Articles Anywhere extension version in the same place.
- Check whether Sourcerer's Force Content Triggers setting is off and both extensions are in use together.

## Fix

- Sourcerer: move to `17.0.1` or later.
- Articles Anywhere: move to `20.1.1` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-02T14:23:23+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102802

## From the sources

Joomla Extension - regularlabs.com - PHP code injection vector in Sourcerer extension < 17.0.1 when used with Articles Anywhere extension < 20.1.1 - Sourcerer can restrict PHP in articles according to article-author trust; the exact creator and last-editor rule varies by release. Articles Anywhere can insert the text or full layout of one article into another. In the affected combination, when Articles Anywhere processes an inclusion before Sourcerer and Force Content Triggers is off, the included article's Sourcerer code can be evaluated using the enclosing article's trusted identity rather than the included article's own identity. The resulting gap is between the authority of the article supplying the code and the authority used to decide whether to run it. Ordinary Articles Anywhere output is not itself the issue.

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