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

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-WAGTAIL-6016491
  • published 20 Oct 2023
  • disclosed 19 Oct 2023
  • credit quyenheu

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
2.7 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

2.7 low