mediumCVSS 6.5Vulnerability

GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2

### Impact A CMS user with "add" permission over a snippet model, but not "change" or "view" permission, could copy an existing snippet that they do not have access to, allowing them to view its contents. ### Patches Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3 and 8.0rc2. ### Workarounds N/A ### Acknowledgements Many thanks to tinyb0y 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-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2
severity
medium
summary
Wagtail: Improper permission handling when copying snippets
cvss_score
6.5
cve_id
GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-08-20T18:45:23Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2
ghsa_updated
2026-08-20T18:45:24Z

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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