Wagtail has improper permission handling when copying pages — CVE-2026-44200

Summary

### Impact A CMS user with limited access to pages could copy a page they don't have access to to an area of the site they do. Once copied, they'd be able to view its contents, and potentially publish it. Permissions were correctly checked for the copy destination, but not for the source page. ### Patches Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.7 and 7.3.2. The new 7.4 LTS feature release also…

Product

pip: wagtail

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

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