Advisory record · GHSA-r6p4-grq7-xm4m

Wagtail: Improper permission handling in image preview

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.0034 · 27th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 20 Aug 2026, 18:40 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
wagtailPyPI<7.0.8 || >=7.1, <7.3.3 || >=7.4, <7.4.27.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2
Identifiers
GHSA-r6p4-grq7-xm4m · CVE-2026-54261 · PYSEC-2026-614
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-280
Published
20 Aug 2026
Updated
20 Aug 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Wagtail versions before 7.0.8, from 7.1 before 7.3.3, and from 7.4 before 7.4.2 are affected. A user with access to the Wagtail admin can preview any image because of a missing permission check, though the image's stored data is not exposed and ordinary site visitors cannot exploit it. Upgrade to Wagtail 7.0.8, 7.3.3, or 7.4.2; sites that cannot upgrade can override the vulnerable view through a urls.py change described in the advisory.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0034, the 27th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:39 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:39 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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