CVE-2026-44197

Wagtail: Improper permission handling when comparing revisions

Published May 11, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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 access revisions of the page through the revision compare view if they knew the primary key of two revisions. This could potentially result in disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c6wj-9vcj-75pj Wagtail has improper permission handling when comparing revisions
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Torchbox
Torchbox wagtail
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Torchbox
Torchbox wagtail
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wagtail
Wagtail wagtail
Vendors & Products Wagtail
Wagtail wagtail
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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 access revisions of the page through the revision compare view if they knew the primary key of two revisions. This could potentially result in disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4.
Title Wagtail: Improper permission handling when comparing revisions
Weaknesses CWE-280
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
May 14, 2026, 5:53 PM
Reserved
May 5, 2026, 3:13 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 11, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Nov 11, 2026, 8:10 PM