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CVE-2026-54261: Wagtail: Improper permission handling in image preview
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-01 · updated 2026-07-02
- Weakness: CWE-280
Description
Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3 and 7.4.2, due to a missing permission check on the image preview endpoint, a user with access to the Wagtail admin can preview any image. The existing data of the image object itself is not exposed. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. This issue has been fixed in versions 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2.
Affected products
- wagtail: before 7.0.8; from 7.1 before 7.3.3; from 7.4 before 7.4.2 — fixed in 7.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: wagtail 7.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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