Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges Affecting wagtail package, versions [,7.0.7)[7.1rc1, 7.3.2)[7.4rc1, 7.4)
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- published10 May 2026
- disclosed8 May 2026
- creditSanjok Karki
Introduced: 8 May 2026
CVE-2026-44201 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade wagtail to version 7.0.7, 7.3.2, 7.4 or higher.
Overview
wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges via the API for documents and images. A user with access to the API can access filenames and names of items in private collections by querying the API.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by adding authentication to the Documents and Images APIs. (See https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.html#authentication)