Wagtail CMS up to 7.0.6/7.3.1 insufficient privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Wagtail CMS up to 7.0.6/7.3.1. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to insufficient privileges. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-44198. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wagtail CMS up to 7.0.6/7.3.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a insufficient privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-280. The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the product in an invalid state. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Prior to 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4, a CMS user without the ability to edit a page could still access the history report for the page, potentially resulting in disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-44198 since 05/05/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

Upgrading to version 7.0.7 or 7.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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CNA Base Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Insufficient privileges
CWE: CWE-280 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: CMS 7.0.7/7.3.2

Timelineinfo

05/05/2026 CVE reserved
05/11/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
05/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/11/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-44198 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-44198
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-362636

Entryinfo

Created: 05/11/2026 18:12
Changes: 05/11/2026 18:12 (63)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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