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SCA: security update for wagtail (GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423523
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- In Wagtail before versions 2.7.3 and 2.8.2, a potential timing attack exists on pages or documents that
have been protected with a shared password through Wagtail's "Privacy" controls. This password check is
performed through a character-by-character string comparison, and so an attacker who is able to measure
the time taken by this check to a high degree of accuracy could potentially use timing differences to gain
knowledge of the password. This is [understood to be feasible on a local network, but not on the public
internet](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/iAaq0pvHXuA/fpUuwjK3i2wJ). Privacy settings
that restrict access to pages/documents on a per-user or per-group basis (as opposed to a shared password)
are unaffected by this vulnerability. This has been patched in 2.7.3, 2.8.2, 2.9. (CVE-2020-11037)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 423523
Version: Revision 1.4
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 3/29/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.18
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 1.9
Temporal Score: 1.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11037
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Threat Score: 0.9
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:L/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-11037