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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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p0dalirius/CVE-2022-26159-Ametys-Autocompletion-XML ★ 14 · Feb 21, 2022
A python exploit to automatically dump all the data stored by the auto-completion plugin of Ametys CMS to a local sqlite database file.
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Automated scanner template
A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.
- Ametys CMS Information Disclosure http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-26159.yaml
Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.