GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-4xfr-4p46-gc6p django CMS: Clipboard copy IDOR discloses unauthorized plugin content
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-54622
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- django-cms
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-20
Affected packages
• PyPI django-cms: < 5.0.8 → fixed in 5.0.8
Description
Summary
The clipboard copy paths of the `copy_plugins` admin endpoint validate only the target (the user's own clipboard) and skip source-side authorization. A staff user can copy plugins out of a placeholder they have no permission on into their clipboard, then read the (secret) content.
### Details
In `cms/admin/placeholderadmin.py`, `_copy_plugin_to_clipboard` and `_copy_placeholder_to_clipboard` check `has_copy_plugins_permission`, which only evaluates `request.toolbar.clipboard.has_add_plugins_permission(...)` — the
clipboard belongs to the requesting user, and `check_source` is likewise applied only to the clipboard. The source placeholder identified by the attacker-supplied `source_placeholder_id` / `source_plugin_id` is never authorization-checked. (The placeholder-to-placeholder copy path, `has_copy_from_placeholder_permission`, correctly checks both sides.)
### Impact
A staff user holding the global add permission for a plugin type, but with no access to a given placeholder/page, can copy that placeholder's plugins into their own clipboard and read content (e.g. link names/URLs, text) they cannot reach through the normal edit endpoints.
Requires `CMS_PERMISSION=True` with per-placeholder/page restrictions.
### Patches
Fixed in 5.0.8: the clipboard copy paths now also verify source-side permission (`has_add_plugins_permission` + `check_source` on the source placeholder), matching placeholder-to-placeholder copy.
### Workarounds
None. Upgrade is recommended.
### Credits
Reported by the security team at the University of Sydney ([@reporter]).
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-54622 django CMS is an easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise content management system powered by Django. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key weakness
References
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/security/advisories/GHSA-4xfr-4p46-gc6p web
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/pull/8645 web
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/commit/7642a98ab3170793c0b27b4125dd1f3d318b8a1c web
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms package
- https://github.com/django-cms/django-cms/releases/tag/5.0.8 web