PyPi: Wagtail

CVE-2023-45809

Safety vulnerability ID: 61943

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Oct 19, 2023 Updated at Feb 21, 2025
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Advisory

Wagtail 4.1.9, 5.0.5 and 5.1.3 include a fix for CVE-2023-45809: A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin can make a direct URL request to the admin view that handles bulk actions on user accounts. While authentication rules prevent the user from making any changes, the error message discloses the display names of user accounts, and by modifying URL parameters, the user can retrieve the display name for any user. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin.
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h

Affected package

wagtail

Latest version: 6.4.1

A Django content management system.

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin can make a direct URL request to the admin view that handles bulk actions on user accounts. While authentication rules prevent the user from making any changes, the error message discloses the display names of user accounts, and by modifying URL parameters, the user can retrieve the display name for any user. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 4.1.8 (LTS), 5.0.5 and 5.1.3. The fix is also included in Release Candidate 1 of the forthcoming Wagtail 5.2 release. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. See CVE-2023-45809.


MISC:https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bc96aed6ac53f998b2f4c4bf97e2d4f5fe337e5b: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bc96aed6ac53f998b2f4c4bf97e2d4f5fe337e5b
MISC:https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h: https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

LOW 2.7

CVSS v3 Details

LOW 2.7
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
HIGH
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
LOW
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Availability (A)
NONE