What is CVE-2022-26159?

CVE-2022-26159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ametys, classified under Direct Request (Forced Browsing). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-02-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-26159?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-26159 known to be exploited?

22 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Ametys

CVE-2022-26159

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.

EPSS: 0.134 (96.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Ametys
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-425 — Direct Request (Forced Browsing)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-26159?: CVE-2022-26159 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ametys, classified under Direct Request (Forced Browsing). CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-02-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-26159?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-26159 known to be exploited?: 22 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.