Wagtail: Improper permission handling when viewing page history
Priority LOW 19CWE-280Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · 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. Prior to 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4, a CMS user without the ability to edit a page could still access the history report for the page, potentially resulting in disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00162 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wagtail (wagtail): 7.0.7, 7.3.2wagtail (PyPI): 7.0.7, 7.3.2
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 | before 7.0.7; 7.1 to before 7.3.2 | 7.0.7, 7.3.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | wagtail (PyPI) | before 7.0.7 | 7.0.7 | Patch available | GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6 |
| — | wagtail (PyPI) | 7.1 to before 7.3.2 | 7.3.2 | Patch available | GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6 |
- wagtail Vendorwagtail Affected before 7.0.7; 7.1 to before 7.3.2 Fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2 Patch available CNA
- wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 7.0.7 Fixed in 7.0.7 Patch available GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6
- wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 7.1 to before 7.3.2 Fixed in 7.3.2 Patch available GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6
Remediation
- Fix · CNA wagtail (wagtail) Fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2
- Fix · GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6 wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 7.0.7 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6 wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 7.3.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44198
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6
References
More Wagtail vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-44198 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44198 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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