What is GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2?

GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Wagtail: Improper permission handling when copying snippets

Why does GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2?

GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2?

GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2 affects 4 products, including: pip/wagtail:\u003c 7.0.9; pip/wagtail:\u003e= 7.1, \u003c 7.3.4; pip/wagtail:\u003e= 7.4, \u003c 7.4.3; pip/wagtail:= 8.0rc1.

GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2MediumCVSS 6.5Disclosed before NVD

Wagtail: Improper permission handling when copying snippets

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

August 20, 2026

📋 Description

Impact

A CMS user with "add" permission over a snippet model, but not "change" or "view" permission, could copy an existing snippet that they do not have access to, allowing them to view its contents.

Patches

Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 7.0.9, 7.3.4, 7.4.3 and 8.0rc2.

Workarounds

N/A

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to tinyb0y for reporting this issue.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

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🎯 Affected products4

pip/wagtail:< 7.0.9
pip/wagtail:>= 7.1, < 7.3.4
pip/wagtail:>= 7.4, < 7.4.3
pip/wagtail:= 8.0rc1

🔗 References (2)

https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5cx-w6p2-mxf2