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…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 13.37% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-425
- Affected
- ametys/ametys
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.4% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-26159-Ametys-Autocompletion-XML/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.ametys.org/browse/CMS-10973Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://podalirius.net/en/cves/2022-26159/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-26159-Ametys-Autocompletion-XML/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://issues.ametys.org/browse/CMS-10973Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://podalirius.net/en/cves/2022-26159/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.