CVE-2026-54261

mediumCVSS 6.5covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-07-01

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In versions prior to 7.0.8, 7.3.3 and 7.4.2, due to a missing permission check on the image preview endpoint, a user with access to the Wagtail admin can preview any image. The existing data of the image object itself is not exposed. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. This issue has been fixed in versions 7.0.8, 7.3.3, and 7.4.2.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.20% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 10% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

mediumCVE-2026-54261: Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. In versions prior to 7.0.…nvd · 2026-07-01

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