Direct Request ('Forced Browsing') Affecting wagtail package, versions [,4.1.9)[4.2,5.0.5)[5.1,5.1.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-WAGTAIL-6016491
  • published20 Oct 2023
  • disclosed19 Oct 2023
  • creditquyenheu

Introduced: 19 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-45809  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-425  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wagtail to version 4.1.9, 5.0.5, 5.1.3 or higher.

Overview

wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Direct Request ('Forced Browsing') through the admin bulk action views. An attacker can disclose user names by making a direct URL request.

Note:

This is only exploitable if the attacker has a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin.

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