CVE-2024-39317

MEDIUM EPSS 44.7%
Published Jul 11, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.9 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jul 11, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A bug in Wagtail's `parse_query_string` would result in it taking a long time to process suitably crafted inputs. When used to parse sufficiently long strings of characters without a space, `parse_query_string` would take an unexpectedly large amount of time to process, resulting in a denial of service. In an initial Wagtail installation, the vulnerability can be exploited by any Wagtail admin user. It cannot be exploited by end users. If your Wagtail site has a custom search implementation which uses `parse_query_string`, it may be exploitable by other users (e.g. unauthenticated users). Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 5.2.6, 6.0.6 and 6.1.3.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.9
Exploitability
1.2
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
44.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-1333

Affected Products 3

VendorProductVersionRange
torchboxwagtail*≥2.0  –  <5.2.6
torchboxwagtail*≥6.0  –  <6.0.6
torchboxwagtail*≥6.1  –  <6.1.3

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/31b1e8532dfb1b70d8d37d22aff9cbde9109cdf2
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c941136f79c48446e3858df46e5b668d7f83797
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b783c096b6d4fd2cfc05f9137a0be288850e99a2
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/31b1e8532dfb1b70d8d37d22aff9cbde9109cdf2
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c941136f79c48446e3858df46e5b668d7f83797
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b783c096b6d4fd2cfc05f9137a0be288850e99a2
    Patch