GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-c6wj-9vcj-75pj Wagtail has improper permission handling when comparing revisions
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-44197
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- wagtail
- 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-280
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-08
Affected packages
• PyPI wagtail: < 7.0.7 → fixed in 7.0.7
• PyPI wagtail: >= 7.1, < 7.3.2 → fixed in 7.3.2
Description
Impact
A CMS user without the ability to edit a page could access revisions of the page through the revision compare view if they knew the primary key of two revisions. This could potentially result in disclosure of sensitive information.
Patches
Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.7 and 7.3.2. The new 7.4 LTS feature release also incorporates this fix.
Workarounds
No workaround is available.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Seoyoung Kang @seoyoung-kang from AhnLab and an independent security researcher for reporting this issue.
For more information
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory:
• Visit Wagtail's support channels
• Send an email to [email protected] (view the security policy for more information).
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-44197 Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges weakness