# CVE-2026-44200: Wagtail: Improper permission handling when copying pages

- Also known as: GHSA-67RV-MG8Q-5PF3, PYSEC-2026-149
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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
- wagtail (PyPI): from 7.1, fixed in 7.3.2
- wagtail (PyPI): fixed in 7.0.7; 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 with limited access to pages could copy a page they don't have access to to an area of the site they do. Once coped, they'd be able to view its contents, and potentially publish it. Permissions were correctly checked for the copy destination, but not for the source page. 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-67rv-mg8q-5pf3

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