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GHSA-xqxm-2rpm-3889

LowCVSS 3.5 / 10
Published Jan 21, 2022·Last modified Nov 19, 2024
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

When notifications for new replies in comment threads are sent, they are sent to all users who have replied or commented anywhere on the site, rather than only in the relevant threads. This means that a user could listen in to new comment replies on pages they have not had editing access to, as long as they have left a comment or reply somewhere on the site.

Patches

A patched version has been released as Wagtail 2.15.2 (for the current LTS), which restores the intended behaviour - to send notifications for new replies to the participants in the active thread only (editing permissions are not considered).

Workarounds

New comments can be disabled by setting WAGTAILADMIN_COMMENTS_ENABLED = False in the Django settings file.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Ihor Marhitych for identifying this issue.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

  • Visit Wagtail's support channels
  • Email us at security@wagtail.io (if you wish to send encrypted email, the public key ID is 0x6ba1e1a86e0f8ce8)
Risk Scores
Base Score
3.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
3.2

Limited exploitation activity has been observed. Close monitoring and planned remediation are recommended.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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