Vulnerability in Wagtail
CVE-2024-35228
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`.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (23.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 23.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Wagtail — versions >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.5, >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-35228?
- CVE-2024-35228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wagtail, classified under Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-05-30.
- How severe is CVE-2024-35228?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.