CVE-2026-54261

Summary

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3 and 7.4.2, due to a missing permission check on the image preview endpoint, a user with access to the Wagtail admin can preview any image. The existing data of the image object itself is not exposed. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. This issue has been fixed in versions 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
wagtailwagtail< 7.0.8affected
wagtailwagtail>= 7.1.0, < 7.3.3affected
wagtailwagtail>= 7.4.0, < 7.4.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-280: CWE-280: Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References