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CVE-2021-29434

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Wagtail is a Django content management system. In affected versions of Wagtail, when saving the contents of a rich text field in the admin interface, Wagtail does not apply server-side checks to ensure that link URLs use a valid protocol. A malicious user with access to the admin interface could thus craft a POST request to publish content with `javascript:` URLs containing arbitrary code. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. See referenced GitHub advisory for additional details, including a workaround. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 2.11.7 (for the LTS 2.11 branch) and Wagtail 2.12.4 (for the current 2.12 branch).

How to fix

Remediation Available
wagtailNVD
Affected:>= 2.11.0, < 2.11.7Fixed in:2.11.7CVE-2021-29434derived from NVD
Affected:>= 2.12.0, < 2.12.4Fixed in:2.12.4CVE-2021-29434derived from NVD
Affected:< 2.11.6Fixed in:2.11.6CVE-2021-29434derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredHigh
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.63%probability of exploitation in 30 days
46thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 46% of all known CVEs.

References

Mitigation1
Third-Party Advisory1

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