CVE-2022-21683

LOW

Wagtail 2.13-2.15.1 - Unauthorized Exposure of Sensitive Comment Thread Information

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Wagtail is a Django based content management system focused on flexibility and user experience. 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 have editing access to, as long as they have left a comment or reply somewhere on the site. A patched version has been released as Wagtail 2.15.2, which restores the intended behaviour - to send notifications for new replies to the participants in the active thread only (editing permissions are not considered). New comments can be disabled by setting `WAGTAILADMIN_COMMENTS_ENABLED = False` in the Django settings file.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-xqxm-2rpm-3889
Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v2.15.2

Scores

CVSS v3 3.5
EPSS 0.0097
EPSS Percentile 57.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (2)
pypi/wagtail 2.13 - 2.15.2PyPI
torchbox/wagtail 2.13 - 2.15.2
Published Jan 18, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026