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Medium · 5.8 CVE-2020-11001 EUVD-2020-0235GHSA-v2wc-pfq2-5cm6PYSEC-2020-152

Possible XSS attack in Wagtail

Published Apr 14, 2020 · Updated Nov 19, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

In Wagtail before versions 2.8.1 and 2.7.2, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists on the page revision
comparison view within the Wagtail admin interface. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail
admin could potentially craft a page revision history that, when viewed by a user with higher privileges, could perform
actions with that user's credentials. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to
the Wagtail admin.

Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 2.7.2 (for the LTS 2.7 branch) and Wagtail 2.8.1 (for the current 2.8 branch).

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wagtail wagtail < 2.7.2, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI wagtail >= 1.9.0, < 2.7.2 2.7.2 GHSA-v2wc-pfq2-5cm6
PyPI wagtail >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.1 2.8.1 GHSA-v2wc-pfq2-5cm6
PyPI wagtail >= 1.9, < 2.7.2 2.7.2 PYSEC-2020-152

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