TI-2022-06059 Aliases CVE-2022-21683 GHSA-xqxm-2rpm-3889

Comment reply notifications sent to incorrect users in wagtail

LOW 22CWE-200Published 2022-01-18 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

Wagtail is a Django based content management system focused on flexibility and user experience. When notifications for new replies in comment threads are sent, they are sent to all users who have replied or commented anywhere on the site, rather than only in the relevant threads. This means that a user could listen in to new comment replies on pages they have not have editing access to, as long as they have left a comment or reply somewhere on the site. A patched version has been released as Wagtail 2.15.2, which restores the intended behaviour - to send notifications for new replies to the participants in the active thread only (editing permissions are not considered). New comments can be disabled by setting `WAGTAILADMIN_COMMENTS_ENABLED = False` in the Django settings file.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0097 62nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed wagtail (wagtail): 2.15.2wagtail (PyPI): 2.15.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
wagtail	wagtail	2.13 to before 2.15.2	2.15.2	Patch available	CNA
—	wagtail (PyPI)	2.13 to before 2.15.2	2.15.2	Patch available	GHSA-xqxm-2rpm-3889

wagtail Vendorwagtail Affected 2.13 to before 2.15.2 Fixed in 2.15.2 Patch available CNA
wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2.13 to before 2.15.2 Fixed in 2.15.2 Patch available GHSA-xqxm-2rpm-3889

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail::::::::	2.13 to before 2.15.2	Vulnerable	wagtail

cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.13 to before 2.15.2 Vulnerable ·wagtail

Remediation

Fix · CNA wagtail (wagtail) Fixed in 2.15.2
Fix · GHSA-xqxm-2rpm-3889 wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 2.15.2 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-21683
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xqxm-2rpm-3889

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/5fe901e5d86ed02dbbb63039a897582951266afd

Advisory 3

Other 2

TI-2026-39163 Wagtail: Reflected XSS in dynamic image URL generator view CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
TI-2020-08875 Possible XSS attack in Wagtail CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2023-13342 Wagtail vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting attack via ModelAdmin views CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2026-32180 Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Documents and Images API CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2026-22558 Wagtail: Improper escaping of HTML (Cross-site Scripting) in simple_translation admin interface CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2026-22557 Wagtail: Improper escaping of HTML (Cross-site Scripting) on TableBlock class attributes CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

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Sources

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