Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges Affecting wagtail package, versions [,7.0.8)[7.1rc1,7.3.3)[7.4rc1,7.4.2)
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- published3 Jul 2026
- disclosed1 Jul 2026
- creditdevansh3008
Introduced: 1 Jul 2026
CVE-2026-54262 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade wagtail to version 7.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2 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 in the simple_translation process. An attacker can access and create translations for pages without the necessary permissions by leveraging the "Can submit translation" permission.