# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2022-02-28 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- 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://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-26159.yaml
- https://github.com/p0dalirius/CVE-2022-26159-Ametys-Autocompletion-XML

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