CVE-2026-57829

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-13. NVD baseline CVSS 6.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
6.1
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Joomla extension Helix Ultimate is vulnerable to an unauthenticated stored XSS.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(high)
EPSS
4.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 13, 2026

Last Modified

July 14, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 13, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Helix Ultimate - Free Universal Joomla Template for any Website - JoomShaper

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

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-57829(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 16× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-15 05:22 UTCEG score recompute▼ 2.60
  4. 2026-07-15 05:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-14 19:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 6.1 · severity → MEDIUM
  8. 2026-07-14 17:57 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-14 17:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-14 06:30 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-14 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-13 22:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-13 19:06 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-13 19:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-13 07:43 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-13 07:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCIs4yev/CVE-2026-57829
    First seen Jul 13, 2026

    Unauthenticated Stored XSS in Joomla Helix Ultimate (JoomShaper) <= 2.2.6

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-57829?
CVE-2026-57829 is a medium vulnerability published on July 13, 2026. The Joomla extension Helix Ultimate is vulnerable to an unauthenticated stored XSS.
When was CVE-2026-57829 disclosed?
CVE-2026-57829 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 13, 2026, with the most recent update on July 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-57829 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-57829 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-57829?
CVE-2026-57829 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-57829?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-57829, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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