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CVE-2020-11001 json

Possible XSS attack in Wagtail

published 6y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-v2wc-pfq2-5cm6 , PYSEC-2020-152 , EUVD-2020-0235

cvss
5.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • pypi wagtail 2.7.2, 2.8.1

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Exploit prediction

1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wc-pfq2-5cm6 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi wagtail
>=1.9.0, <2.7.2
>=2.8.0, <2.8.1
>=1.9, <2.7.2
2.7.2
2.8.1

Affected products

  • wagtail wagtail

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-80 Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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