CVE-2023-28836 — Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Starting in version 1.5 and prior to versions 4.1.4 and 4.2.2, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists on ModelAdmin views within the Wagtail admin interface. A user with a limited-permission ed

01What is this vulnerability?

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Starting in version 1.5 and prior to versions 4.1.4 and 4.2.2, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists on ModelAdmin views within the Wagtail admin interface. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin could potentially craft pages and documents that, when viewed by a user with higher…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
wagtail	wagtail	1.5, 4.1.1, 4.2, 4.2.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-03T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-13T16:48:53.161Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bc84bf9815610cfbf8db3b6050c7ddcbaa4b97…
• github.com — https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/eefc3381d37b476791610e5d30594fae443f33…
• docs.wagtail.org — https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/contrib/modeladmin/chooseparentview…
• docs.wagtail.org — https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/contrib/modeladmin/inspectview.html…
• github.com — https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v4.2.2
• github.com — https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-5286-f2rf-35c2
• github.com — https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/5be2b1ed55fd7259dfdf2c82e7701dba407b8b…
• github.com — https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ff806ab173a504395fdfb3139eb0a29444ab4b…