# CVE-2026-44198: Wagtail: Improper permission handling when viewing page history

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-147, GHSA-C4MR-889M-VGF6
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.0.7, 7.3.2
- Published: 2026-05-11 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- wagtail: fixed in 7.0.7; from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.2
- wagtail (PyPI): fixed in 7.0.7; from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.2
- wagtail (PyPI): fixed in 7.0.7
- wagtail (PyPI): from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.2

## Description

Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. Prior to 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4, a CMS user without the ability to edit a page could still access the history report for the page, potentially resulting in disclosure of sensitive information. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.7, 7.3.2, and 7.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wagtail, upgrade to a fixed version (7.0.7, 7.3.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-c4mr-889m-vgf6

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