6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-39317
Wagtail Denial of Service Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 11, 2024, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:27 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-39317 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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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-39317 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/31b1e8532dfb1b70d8d37d22aff9cbde9109cdf2
    Added Reference https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c941136f79c48446e3858df46e5b668d7f83797
    Added Reference https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b783c096b6d4fd2cfc05f9137a0be288850e99a2
    Added Reference https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/31b1e8532dfb1b70d8d37d22aff9cbde9109cdf2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/31b1e8532dfb1b70d8d37d22aff9cbde9109cdf2 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c941136f79c48446e3858df46e5b668d7f83797 No Types Assigned https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c941136f79c48446e3858df46e5b668d7f83797 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b783c096b6d4fd2cfc05f9137a0be288850e99a2 No Types Assigned https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b783c096b6d4fd2cfc05f9137a0be288850e99a2 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8 No Types Assigned https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-1333
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wagtail:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 5.2.6 *cpe:2.3:a:wagtail:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.0 up to (excluding) 6.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:wagtail:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.1 up to (excluding) 6.1.3
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/31b1e8532dfb1b70d8d37d22aff9cbde9109cdf2 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c941136f79c48446e3858df46e5b668d7f83797 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b783c096b6d4fd2cfc05f9137a0be288850e99a2 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-1333
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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