Wagtail Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in simple_translation admin interface
GHSA-p4v8-rw59-93cq · CVE-2026-28223
Published · Modified
Description
Impact
A stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists on confirmation messages within the wagtail.contrib.simple_translation module. A user with access to the Wagtail admin area may create a page with a specially-crafted title which, when another user performs the "Translate" action, causes arbitrary JavaScript code to run. This could lead to performing actions with that user's credentials. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin.
Patches
Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 6.3.8, 7.0.6, 7.2.3 and 7.3.1.
Workarounds
None
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Guan Chenxian (@GCXWLP) for reporting this issue.
For more information
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Visit Wagtail's support channels
- Email Wagtail at security@wagtail.org (view the security policy for more information).
References
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-p4v8-rw59-93cq
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28223
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/1c6f2effed68f4ccad6fbd07987e03641505f863
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ba70244d376a7b1bd180ded03e827917ff410c19
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/d8c5900982df8ed5938ad993aa9ff69cda50f80c
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ee39d39deeb7f250fe886417b24802d7e05b1143
- PACKAGE https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v6.3.8
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.0.6
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.2.3
- WEB https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v7.3.1
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