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CVE-2020-15118

Cross-Site Scripting in Wagtail

Severity Score

5.4
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In Wagtail before versions 2.7.4 and 2.9.3, when a form page type is made available to Wagtail editors through the `wagtail.contrib.forms` app, and the page template is built using Django's standard form rendering helpers such as form.as_p, any HTML tags used within a form field's help text will be rendered unescaped in the page. Allowing HTML within help text is an intentional design decision by Django; however, as a matter of policy Wagtail does not allow editors to insert arbitrary HTML by default, as this could potentially be used to carry out cross-site scripting attacks, including privilege escalation. This functionality should therefore not have been made available to editor-level users. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 2.7.4 (for the LTS 2.7 branch) and Wagtail 2.9.3 (for the current 2.9 branch). In these versions, help text will be escaped to prevent the inclusion of HTML tags. Site owners who wish to re-enable the use of HTML within help text (and are willing to accept the risk of this being exploited by editors) may set WAGTAILFORMS_HELP_TEXT_ALLOW_HTML = True in their configuration settings. Site owners who are unable to upgrade to the new versions can secure their form page templates by rendering forms field-by-field as per Django's documentation, but omitting the |safe filter when outputting the help text.

En Wagtail versiones anteriores a 2.7.4 y 2.9.3, cuando un tipo de página de formulario está disponible para los editores de Wagtail mediante la aplicación "wagtail.contrib.forms", y la plantilla de la página es creada utilizando los asistentes de renderización de formularios estándar de Django, tal y como form.as_p, cualquiera de las etiquetas HTML utilizadas en el texto de ayuda de un campo de formulario serán renderizadas sin escape en la página. Permitir HTML dentro del texto de ayuda es una decisión de diseño intencional por Django; sin embargo, como cuestión de la política, Wagtail no permite a editores insertar HTML arbitrario por defecto, ya que esto podría potencialmente ser usado para llevar a cabo ataques de tipo cross-site scripting, incluyendo una escalada de privilegios. Esta funcionalidad por lo tanto no debería haberse puesto a disposición de los usuarios de nivel editor. La vulnerabilidad no es explotable por un visitante ordinario del sitio sin acceso al administrador de Wagtail. Las versiones parcheadas han sido iniciadas como Wagtail versión 2.7.4 (para la rama LTS 2.7) y Wagtail versión 2.9.3 (para la rama 2.9 actual). En estas versiones, será escapado el texto de ayuda para impedir la inclusión de etiquetas HTML. Los propietarios de sitios que deseen volver a habilitar el uso de HTML en el texto de ayuda (y estén dispuestos a aceptar el riesgo de que los editores lo exploten) pueden establecer WAGTAILFORMS_HELP_TEXT_ALLOW_HTML = True en sus ajustes de configuración. Los propietarios de sitios que no son capaces de actualizar a las nuevas versiones pueden proteger sus plantillas de página de formulario al renderizar formularios campo por campo según la documentación de Django, pero omitiendo el filtro seguro al generar el texto de ayuda

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2020-06-25 CVE Reserved
  • 2020-07-20 CVE Published
  • 2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Torchbox
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Wagtail
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>= 2.7 < 2.7.4
Search vendor "Torchbox" for product "Wagtail" and version " >= 2.7 < 2.7.4"
-
Affected
Torchbox
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Wagtail
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>= 2.9 < 2.9.3
Search vendor "Torchbox" for product "Wagtail" and version " >= 2.9 < 2.9.3"
-
Affected