Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Documents and Images API
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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, the Documents and Images API incorrectly listed items in private collections. A user with access to the API could see the filename and name of documents and images in private collections. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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-p5gm-92h4-6pv6 |
| — | wagtail (PyPI) | 7.1 to before 7.3.2 | 7.3.2 | Patch available | GHSA-p5gm-92h4-6pv6 |
- 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-p5gm-92h4-6pv6
- wagtail (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 7.1 to before 7.3.2 Fixed in 7.3.2 Patch available GHSA-p5gm-92h4-6pv6
Remediation
- Fix · CNA wagtail (wagtail) Fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2
- Fix · GHSA-p5gm-92h4-6pv6 wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 7.0.7 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-p5gm-92h4-6pv6 wagtail (PyPI) Fixed in 7.3.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-44201
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p5gm-92h4-6pv6
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-2026-22558 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
- TI-2024-26273 Wagtail regular expression denial-of-service via search query parsing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-44201 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-44201 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p5gm-92h4-6pv6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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