GHSA-8634-mr4j-r72cMediumCVSS 4.3

Wagtail: Pages translations can be created without page permissions when using simple_translation

Published
August 20, 2026
Last Modified
August 20, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Impact

A low-level user with the "Can submit translation" permission can create translations for any page, including those they do not have permissions for.

Patches

Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.8, 7.3.3, 7.4.2.

Workarounds

N/A

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to @devansh3008 and @alanturing881 for reporting this issue.

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🎯 Affected products3

  • pip/wagtail:< 7.0.8
  • pip/wagtail:>= 7.1, < 7.3.3
  • pip/wagtail:>= 7.4, < 7.4.2

🔗 References (4)