# CVE-2026-14622: jairiidriss restaurant-website-php-mysql AJAX Endpoint ajax_files missing authentication

> Attackers can access admin AJAX endpoints without authentication, allowing unauthorized data access or modification in the restaurant website application.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 6 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pqx4-w6cx-6h2x

## What is CVE-2026-14622?

CVE-2026-14622 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in jairiidriss restaurant-website-php-mysql, published on 4 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in jairiidriss restaurant-website-php-mysql up to 521428b5b612449df0cf4a5d15ee40cba67f3d35. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/ajax_files of the component AJAX Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in missing authentication. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This product adopts a rolling release strategy to maintain continuous delivery. Therefore, version details for affected or updated releases cannot be specified. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14622?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14622?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14622 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14622 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14622 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14622 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14622 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in jairiidriss restaurant-website-php-mysql, published on 4 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14622 exists.

Affected product: jairiidriss restaurant-website-php-mysql. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14622/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14622/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14622
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14622
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14622

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14622/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.