GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-jm5p-837g-rv8g Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Page translation API endpoint
MEDIUM
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- 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
- 2026-08-20
Affected packages
• PyPI wagtail: < 7.0.9 → fixed in 7.0.9
• PyPI wagtail: >= 7.1rc1, < 7.3.4 → fixed in 7.3.4
• PyPI wagtail: >= 7.4rc1, < 7.4.3 → fixed in 7.4.3
• PyPI wagtail: >= 8.0rc1, < 8.0rc2 → fixed in 8.0rc2
Description
Impact
A CMS user with the "submit translations" permission, could use the Admin API's "copy for translation" endpoint to copy an existing page that they do not have edit access to, allowing them to view its contents.
Patches
Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3 and 8.0rc2.
Workarounds
N/A
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to tinyb0y for reporting this issue.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
• Visit Wagtail's support channels
• Email us at [email protected] (view our security policy for more information).
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges weakness
References
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jm5p-837g-rv8g web
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail package
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.0.9 web
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.3.4 web
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.4.3 web
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v8.0rc2 web