GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm
MEDIUMGHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) CWE-280 vulnerability in wagtail. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Wagtail: Improper restriction handling on Documents and Images chosen endpoints
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
The Documents and Images chooser's chosen endpoint incorrectly listed items for which the user has not been granted choose permission. A user with access to the Wagtail admin could see the filename and name and URLs of documents and images in those collections.
The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin.
Patches
Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2.
Workarounds
N/A
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to @harshakshit 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 | 7.0.8 |
| 🐍PyPI | wagtail | ≥ 7.1&&< 7.3.3 | 7.3.3 |
| 🐍PyPI | wagtail | ≥ 7.4&&< 7.4.2 | 7.4.2 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for wagtail. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update wagtail to 7.0.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm 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.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-h54r-xq46-qwqm across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.