CVE-2024-35228
Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions in `wagtail.contrib.settings`
Description
### Impact Due to an improperly applied permission check in the `wagtail.contrib.settings` module, a user with access to the Wagtail admin and knowledge of the URL of the edit view for a settings model can access and update that setting, even when they have not been granted permission over the model. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. ### Patches Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 6.0.5 and 6.1.2. Wagtail releases prior to 6.0 are unaffected. ### Workarounds No workaround is available. ### Acknowledgements Many thanks to Victor Miti for reporting this issue. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Visit Wagtail's [support channels](https://docs.wagtail.io/en/stable/support.html) * Email us at [security@wagtail.org](mailto:security@wagtail.org) (view our [security policy](https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/policy) for more information).
How to fix CVE-2024-35228
To remediate CVE-2024-35228, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 6.0.5 or later
Is CVE-2024-35228 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- >= 6.0.0, < 6.0.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |