CVE-2023-28836

Wagtail vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting attack via ModelAdmin views

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Starting in version 1.5 and prior to versions 4.1.4 and 4.2.2, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists on ModelAdmin views within the Wagtail admin interface. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin could potentially craft pages and documents that, when viewed by a user with higher privileges, could perform actions with that user's credentials. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin, and only affects sites with ModelAdmin enabled. For page, the vulnerability is in the "Choose a parent page" ModelAdmin view (`ChooseParentView`), available when managing pages via ModelAdmin. For documents, the vulnerability is in the ModelAdmin Inspect view (`InspectView`) when displaying document fields. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 4.1.4 and Wagtail 4.2.2. Site owners who are unable to upgrade to the new versions can disable or override the corresponding functionality.

*Credits: N/A

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

High

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-03-24 CVE Reserved
2023-04-03 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2024-10-24 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/contrib/modeladmin/chooseparentview.html#customising-chooseparentview	Product
https://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/contrib/modeladmin/inspectview.html#enabling-customising-inspectview	Product
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bc84bf9815610cfbf8db3b6050c7ddcbaa4b9713	Release Notes
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/eefc3381d37b476791610e5d30594fae443f33af	Release Notes
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v4.2.2	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/5be2b1ed55fd7259dfdf2c82e7701dba407b8b62	2023-04-10
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ff806ab173a504395fdfb3139eb0a29444ab4b91	2023-04-10

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-5286-f2rf-35c2	2023-04-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Torchbox Search vendor "Torchbox"		Wagtail Search vendor "Torchbox" for product "Wagtail"				>= 1.5 < 4.1.4 Search vendor "Torchbox" for product "Wagtail" and version " >= 1.5 < 4.1.4"		-		Affected
Torchbox Search vendor "Torchbox"		Wagtail Search vendor "Torchbox" for product "Wagtail"				>= 4.2 < 4.2.2 Search vendor "Torchbox" for product "Wagtail" and version " >= 4.2 < 4.2.2"		-		Affected