CVE-2022-26159

Q: How do I fix CVE-2022-26159?

Upgrade ametys to 4.5.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2022-26159 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-26159 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 13.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2022-26159?

CVE-2022-26159 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2022-26159 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for ametys (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

MEDIUMEPSS 96th pctl

5.3

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-425

How to fix

Remediation Available

ametysNVD

Affected:< 4.5.0Fixed in:4.5.0CVE-2022-26159derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

13.37%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Vendor Advisory1

issues.ametys.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-425 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-45195	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-26085	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2024-0204	Critical	9.8	95%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-19207	Critical	9.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2017-17736	Critical	9.8	69%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-40875	High	7.5	48%	-	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2022-26159?

Upgrade ametys to 4.5.0 or later.

Is CVE-2022-26159 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2022-26159 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 13.4% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2022-26159?

CVE-2022-26159 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2022-26159 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for ametys (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.