CVE-2024-35228 json
Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions in Wagtail
published 2024-05-30 2 y ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also EUVD-2024-2218 , GHSA-xxfm-vmcf-g33f , PYSEC-2026-2032
- cvss
- 5.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 26%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Due to an improperly applied permission check in the `wagtail.contrib.settings` module, a user with access to the Wagtail admin and knowledge of the URL of the edit view for a settings model can access and update that setting, even when they have not been granted permission over the model. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 6.0.5 and 6.1.2. 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 in `ModelViewSet` by registering the model as a snippet instead. No workaround is available for `wagtail.contrib.settings`.
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| OSV | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | wagtail | >=6.0.0, <6.0.5 >=6.1.0, <6.1.2 |
6.0.5 6.1.2 |
Affected products
- wagtail wagtail
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
References
-
github.com
/wagtail/wagtail/commit/284f75a6f91f7ab18cc304d7d34f33b559ae37b1
web
-
github.com
/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-xxfm-vmcf-g33f
web
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35228
advisory
-
github.com
/wagtail/wagtail
package
-
pypi.org
/project/wagtail
package
-
github.com
/advisories/GHSA-xxfm-vmcf-g33f
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-35228
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-xxfm-vmcf-g33f
- NVD CVE-2024-35228
- OSV PYSEC-2026-2032
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