CVE-2026-54260

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, an authenticated admin user can trigger expensive rendition processing with purposefully crafted filter specs resulting in potentially service degradation. 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.

CVSS v3 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-f2p5-j6fg-5cxf	Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-01 22:16

Updated : 2026-07-02 19:25

NVD link : CVE-2026-54260

Mitre link : CVE-2026-54260

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-54260

JSON object : View

Products Affected

torchbox

wagtail

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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