CVE-2022-26159

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-425

Description

The auto-completion plugin in Ametys CMS before 4.5.0 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to read documents such as plugins/web/service/search/auto-completion/<domain>/en.xml (and similar pathnames for other languages), which contain all characters typed by all users, including the content of private pages. For example, a private page may contain usernames, e-mail addresses, and possibly passwords.

Affected products

Ametys CMS: before 4.5.0 — fixed in 4.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ametys CMS 4.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-26159-Ametys-Autocompletion-XML/
https://issues.ametys.org/browse/CMS-10973
https://podalirius.net/en/cves/2022-26159/
https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-26159-Ametys-Autocompletion-XML/
https://issues.ametys.org/browse/CMS-10973
https://podalirius.net/en/cves/2022-26159/

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