mediumCVSS 5.3Vulnerability

GHSA-c2xx-cjmh-9q8f

### Impact The Documents and Images [API V2](https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/advanced_topics/api/index.html) incorrectly listed items in descendants of private collections, which should inherit the view restrictions defined on their ancestors. A user with access to the API could see the filename and name of documents and images in these descendant collections. ### Patches Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3 and 8.0rc2. ### Workarounds Site owners using Wagtail's API can avoid the vulnerability by adding [authentication](https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/advanced_topics/api/v2/configuration.html#authentication) to the Documents and Images APIs. ### Acknowledgements Many thanks to Ta Duc Thien for reporting this issue. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Visit Wagtail's [support channels](https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/support.html) * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) (view our [security policy](https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/policy) for more information).

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-c2xx-cjmh-9q8f
severity
medium
summary
Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on descendant collections in Documents and Images API
cvss_score
5.3
cve_id
GHSA-c2xx-cjmh-9q8f
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-08-20T18:45:14Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c2xx-cjmh-9q8f
ghsa_updated
2026-08-20T18:45:15Z

Related Entities (4)

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]pip/wagtail

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]pip/wagtail

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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