CVE-2026-54259

Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Documents and Images chosen endpoints

Published Jul 1, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3 and 7.4.2, the Documents and Images chooser's chosen endpoint incorrectly listed items for which the user has not been granted choose permission. A user with access to the Wagtail admin could see the filename and name and URLs of documents and images in those collections. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. This issue has been fixed in versions 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Documents and Images chosen endpoints
History
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Metrics ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Wagtail
Wagtail wagtail
Vendors & Products Wagtail
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Description Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3 and 7.4.2, the Documents and Images chooser's chosen endpoint incorrectly listed items for which the user has not been granted choose permission. A user with access to the Wagtail admin could see the filename and name and URLs of documents and images in those collections. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. This issue has been fixed in versions 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2.
Title Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Documents and Images chosen endpoints
Weaknesses CWE-280
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 2, 2026, 3:49 PM
Reserved
Jun 12, 2026, 5:13 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 1, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Jul 2, 2026, 7:26 PM