Description
Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A bug in Wagtail's `parse_query_string` would result in it taking a long time to process suitably crafted inputs. When used to parse sufficiently long strings of characters without a space, `parse_query_string` would take an unexpectedly large amount of time to process, resulting in a denial of service. In an initial Wagtail installation, the vulnerability can be exploited by any Wagtail admin user. It cannot be exploited by end users. If your Wagtail site has a custom search implementation which uses `parse_query_string`, it may be exploitable by other users (e.g. unauthenticated users). Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 5.2.6, 6.0.6 and 6.1.3.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wagtail | wagtail | >= 2.0, < 5.2.6, >= 6.0, < 6.0.6, >= 6.1, < 6.1.3 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | wagtail | >= 6.0, < 6.0.6 | 6.0.6 | GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8 |
| PyPI | wagtail | >= 6.1, < 6.1.3 | 6.1.3 | GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8 |
| PyPI | wagtail | >= 2.0, < 5.2.6 | 5.2.6 | GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8 |
| PyPI | wagtail | >= 6.0, < 6.0.6 · >= 6.1, < 6.1.3 · >= 2.0, < 5.2.6 | 6.0.6, 6.1.3, 5.2.6 | PYSEC-2024-86 |
References
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/31b1e8532dfb1b70d8d37d22aff9cbde9109cdf2
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c941136f79c48446e3858df46e5b668d7f83797
- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b783c096b6d4fd2cfc05f9137a0be288850e99a2