2.7
LOW
CVE-2024-32882
Wagtail Field Permission Bypass Vulnerability
Description

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In affected versions if a model has been made available for editing through the `wagtail.contrib.settings` module or `ModelViewSet`, and the `permission` argument on `FieldPanel` has been used to further restrict access to one or more fields of the model, a user with edit permission over the model but not the specific field can craft an HTTP POST request that bypasses the permission check on the individual field, allowing them to update its value. This vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin, or by a user who has not been granted edit access to the model in question. The editing interfaces for pages and snippets are also unaffected. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 6.0.3 and 6.1. Wagtail releases prior to 6.0 are unaffected. Users are advised to upgrade. Site owners who are unable to upgrade to a patched version can avoid the vulnerability as follows: 1.For models registered through `ModelViewSet`, register the model as a snippet instead; 2. For settings models, place the restricted fields in a separate settings model, and configure permission at the model level.

INFO

Published Date :

May 2, 2024, 7:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

May 2, 2024, 1:27 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

1.4

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-32882 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Torchbox wagtail
1 Wagtail wagtail

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In affected versions if a model has been made available for editing through the `wagtail.contrib.settings` module or `ModelViewSet`, and the `permission` argument on `FieldPanel` has been used to further restrict access to one or more fields of the model, a user with edit permission over the model but not the specific field can craft an HTTP POST request that bypasses the permission check on the individual field, allowing them to update its value. This vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin, or by a user who has not been granted edit access to the model in question. The editing interfaces for pages and snippets are also unaffected. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 6.0.3 and 6.1. Wagtail releases prior to 6.0 are unaffected. Users are advised to upgrade. Site owners who are unable to upgrade to a patched version can avoid the vulnerability as follows: 1.For models registered through `ModelViewSet`, register the model as a snippet instead; 2. For settings models, place the restricted fields in a separate settings model, and configure permission at the model level.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-w2v8-php4-p8hc [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ab2a5d82b4ee3c909d2456704388ccf90e367c9b [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/extending/generic_views.html#modelviewset [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/contrib/settings.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/pages/panels.html#wagtail.admin.panels.FieldPanel.permission [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-281
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-280
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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