GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c — wagtail
MEDIUMGHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-280 vulnerability in wagtail. A fix is available for wagtail — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Wagtail: Pages translations can be created without page permissions when using simple_translation
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 382,621 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
wagtail🐍wagtail🐍wagtailReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
A low-level user with the "Can submit translation" permission can create translations for any page, including those they do not have permissions for.
Patches
Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2.
Workarounds
N/A
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to @devansh3008 and @alanturing881 for reporting this issue.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Visit Wagtail's support channels
- Email us at [email protected] (view our security policy for more information).
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | wagtail | all versions | 7.0.8pip install --upgrade 'wagtail==7.0.8' |
| 🐍PyPI | wagtail | ≥ 7.1&&< 7.3.3 | 7.3.3pip install --upgrade 'wagtail==7.3.3' |
| 🐍PyPI | wagtail | ≥ 7.4&&< 7.4.2 | 7.4.2pip install --upgrade 'wagtail==7.4.2' |
Affected Products
wagtailtorchboxDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for wagtail, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update wagtail to 7.0.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72c in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.