CVE-2026-55468
MediumCVSS 4.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs
Summary
Wagtail's internal Pages admin API returns page fields declared in api_fields without sufficient access control, allowing users with admin access to retrieve restricted draft and live content. Fixed in versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes unauthorized access to sensitive page content by admin users, leading to data leakage.
Recommendation
Update Wagtail to a patched version and review admin user permissions.
Other vulnerabilities in Wagtail
See all- CVE-2026-54263High
In Wagtail, a Django-based CMS, versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2 contain a reflected XSS vulnerability in the dynamic image URL generator view within the admin interface. A low-privileged editor can craft a malicious URL that, when viewed by an admin, executes actions with admin credentials.
- CVE-2026-54262Medium
In Wagtail, an open source content management system built on Django, versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2 allow a low-level user with the 'Can submit translation' permission to create translations for any page, including those they do not have permissions for. This issue has been fixed in versions 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2.
- CVE-2026-54261Medium
In Wagtail, an open source CMS built on Django, a missing permission check on the image preview endpoint allows users with Wagtail admin access to preview any image. The existing data of the image object itself is not exposed. The vulnerability is not exploitable by ordinary site visitors without admin access.
- CVE-2026-54260Medium
In Wagtail, an open source CMS built on Django, versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2 allow an authenticated admin user to trigger expensive rendition processing with crafted filter specs, potentially causing service degradation. The vulnerability is not exploitable by ordinary site visitors without Wagtail admin access.
- CVE-2026-54259Medium
In Wagtail, an open source CMS built on Django, versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2, the Documents and Images chooser's chosen endpoint incorrectly listed items for which the user has not been granted choose permission. A user with access to the Wagtail admin could see the filename, name, and URLs of documents and images in those collections.
Original NVD description (English source)
Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Prior to versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2 on their respective release lines, the internal Pages admin API returns page fields declared in api_fields without sufficient access control, allowing a user with Wagtail admin access to retrieve restricted draft and live page content. This issue is fixed in versions 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3, and 8.0rc2.

