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CVE-2023-45809 — Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin can make a direct URL request to the admin view that handles bulk actions on user accounts. While authentication rules prevent the user from

CVSS
2.7 LOW
EPSS
0.21% (top 56.60%)
CWE
CWE-200, CWE-425
Published
2023-10-19T18:33:26.176Z
Last modified
2024-08-02T20:29:32.426Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

01What is this vulnerability?

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin can make a direct URL request to the admin view that handles bulk actions on user accounts. While authentication rules prevent the user from making any changes, the error message discloses the display names of user accounts, and by modifying URL parameters…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
wagtailwagtail< 4.1.9, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.5, >= 5.1.0, < 5.1.3

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

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

09References

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