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SCA: security update for wagtail (GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container 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)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6

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