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| Vulnerability ID | VCID-sfrz-j9f2-9qgj |
| Aliases |
CVE-2020-11037
GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6 PYSEC-2020-153 |
| Summary | In Wagtail before versions 2.7.2 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. 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. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | None |
| Weighted Severity | None |
| Risk | None |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| epss | 0.00052 | https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2020-11037 |
| cvssv3.1_qr | MODERATE | https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6 |
| cvssv3.1_qr | MODERATE | https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6 |
| Percentile | 0.16683 |
| EPSS Score | 0.00052 |
| Published At | May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m. |
| Date | Actor | Action | Source | VulnerableCode Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30T20:19:14.697271+00:00 | Pypa Importer | Import | https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/wagtail/PYSEC-2020-153.yaml | 38.6.0 |