CVE-2020-5240

Advisory

Wagtail-2fa version 1.4.1 includes a fix for CVE-2020-5240: In wagtail-2fa before 1.4.1, any user with access to the CMS can view and delete other users 2FA devices by going to the correct path. The user does not require special permissions in order to do so. By deleting the other users device they can disable the target users 2FA devices and potentially compromise the account if they figure out their password.

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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- Resolve possible vulnerability where users could delete
other users' 2FA devices

Resources

• https://pypi.org/project/wagtail-2fa
• https://pyup.io/changelogs/wagtail-2fa/
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-5240
• https://github.com/labd/wagtail-2fa/commit/ac23550d33b7436e90e3beea904647907eba5b74
• https://github.com/labd/wagtail-2fa/security/advisories/GHSA-9gjv-6qq6-v7qm