Vulnerability · Published Feb 20, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-27161Unauthenticated Information Disclosure via .htaccess Reliance in Sensitive Directories
High 8.7
In plain English
A high-severity information exposure in GetSimpleCMS-CE from GetSimpleCMS-CE. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
GetSimple CMS is a content management system. All versions of GetSimple CMS rely on .htaccess files to restrict access to sensitive directories such as /data/ and /backups/. If Apache AllowOverride is disabled (common in hardened or shared hosting environments), these protections are silently ignored, allowing unauthenticated attackers to list and download sensitive files including authorization.xml, which contains cryptographic salts and API keys. This issue does not have a fix at the time of publication.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| GetSimpleCMS-CE | GetSimpleCMS-CE | <= 3.3.22 |
Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N