01 Record
CVE-2023-28836
Wagtail vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting attack via ModelAdmin views
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Wagtail vulnerable to stored Cross-site Scripting attack via ModelAdmin views
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 55.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-04-03 00:00Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-13 16:48Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-03-24
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ed9100b58c7787e4cd2939ece9767e1234d75cf985b4e8b061644a558674c838
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bc84bf9815610cfbf8db3b6050c7ddcbaa4b9713
- github.comhttps://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/eefc3381d37b476791610e5d30594fae443f33af
- docs.wagtail.orghttps://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/contrib/modeladmin/chooseparentview.html#customising-chooseparentview
- docs.wagtail.orghttps://docs.wagtail.org/en/stable/reference/contrib/modeladmin/inspectview.html#enabling-customising-inspectview
- github.comhttps://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v4.2.2
- github.comhttps://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-5286-f2rf-35c2
- github.comhttps://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/5be2b1ed55fd7259dfdf2c82e7701dba407b8b62
- github.comhttps://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ff806ab173a504395fdfb3139eb0a29444ab4b91