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TI-2023-24570 Aliases CVE-2023-45809GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h

Disclosure of user names via admin bulk action views in wagtail

Priority LOW 14CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-425.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00555 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wagtail (wagtail): 4.1.9, 5.0.5, 5.1.3wagtail (PyPI): 4.1.9, 5.0.5, 5.1.3

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wagtailwagtailbefore 4.1.9; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.5; 5.1.0 to before 5.1.34.1.9, 5.0.5, 5.1.3Patch availableCNA
—wagtail (PyPI)before 4.1.94.1.9Patch availableGHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h
—wagtail (PyPI)4.2.0 to before 5.0.55.0.5Patch availableGHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h
—wagtail (PyPI)5.1.0 to before 5.1.35.1.3Patch availableGHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h
  • wagtail Vendorwagtail Affected before 4.1.9; 5.0.0 to before 5.0.5; 5.1.0 to before 5.1.3 Fixed in 4.1.9, 5.0.5, 5.1.3 Patch available CNA
  • wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 4.1.9 Fixed in 4.1.9 Patch available GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h
  • wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 4.2.0 to before 5.0.5 Fixed in 5.0.5 Patch available GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h
  • wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 5.1.0 to before 5.1.3 Fixed in 5.1.3 Patch available GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.1.9; 4.2 to before 5.0.5; 5.1 to before 5.1.3Vulnerablewagtail
  • cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.1.9; 4.2 to before 5.0.5; 5.1 to before 5.1.3 Vulnerable ·wagtail

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wagtail (wagtail) Fixed in 4.1.9, 5.0.5, 5.1.3
  • Fix · GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 4.1.9 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 5.0.5 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 5.1.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-45809
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fc75-58r8-rm3h

References

Patch 1

Advisory 2

Other 7

  • 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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