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TI-2024-21754 Aliases CVE-2024-32882GHSA-w2v8-php4-p8hc

Permission check bypass when editing a model with per-field restrictions in wagtail

Priority LOW 14CWE-280Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In affected versions if a model has been made available for editing through the `wagtail.contrib.settings` module or `ModelViewSet`, and the `permission` argument on `FieldPanel` has been used to further restrict access to one or more fields of the model, a user with edit permission over the model but not the specific field can craft an HTTP POST request that bypasses the permission check on the individual field, allowing them to update its value. This vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin, or by a user who has not been granted edit access to the model in question. The editing interfaces for pages and snippets are also unaffected. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 6.0.3 and 6.1. Wagtail releases prior to 6.0 are unaffected. Users are advised to upgrade. Site owners who are unable to upgrade to a patched version can avoid the vulnerability as follows: 1.For models registered through `ModelViewSet`, register the model as a snippet instead; 2. For settings models, place the restricted fields in a separate settings model, and configure permission at the model level.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00483 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wagtail (wagtail): 6.0.3wagtail (PyPI): 6.0.3

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wagtailwagtail6.0.0 to before 6.0.36.0.3Patch availableCNA
—wagtail (PyPI)6.0.0 to before 6.0.36.0.3Patch availableGHSA-w2v8-php4-p8hc
  • wagtail Vendorwagtail Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.3 Fixed in 6.0.3 Patch available CNA
  • wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 6.0.0 to before 6.0.3 Fixed in 6.0.3 Patch available GHSA-w2v8-php4-p8hc

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wagtail:wagtail:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.0.0——
  • cpe:2.3:a:wagtail:wagtail:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0.0 — ·—

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wagtail (wagtail) Fixed in 6.0.3
  • Fix · GHSA-w2v8-php4-p8hc wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 6.0.3 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-32882
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w2v8-php4-p8hc

References

  • 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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