Vulnerability in Torchbox Wagtail

CVE-2024-39317

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A bug in Wagtail's `parse_query_string` would result in it taking a long time to process suitably crafted inputs. When used to parse sufficiently long strings of characte…

Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-39317?
CVE-2024-39317 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Torchbox Wagtail, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-39317?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-39317 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.