CVE-2022-0837: Amelia < 1.0.48 - Customer+ SMS Service Abuse and Sensitive Data Disclosure

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Amelia WordPress plugin before 1.0.48 does not have proper authorisation when handling Amelia SMS service, allowing any customer to send paid test SMS notification as well as retrieve sensitive information about the admin, such as the email, account balance and payment history. A malicious actor can abuse this vulnerability to drain out the account balance by keep sending SMS notification.

Affected products

TMS Amelia: before 1.0.48 — fixed in 1.0.48

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: TMS Amelia 1.0.48. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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