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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-11001 · published 14 April 2020

CVE-2020-11001: Torchbox wagtail cross-site scripting vulnerability

Torchbox · Wagtail

In Wagtail before versions 2.8.1 and 2.7.2, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists on the page revision comparison view within the Wagtail admin interface. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin could potentially craft a page revision history that, when viewed by a user with higher privileges, could perform actions with that user's credentials. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 2.7.2 (for the LTS 2.7 branch) and Wagtail 2.8.1 (for the current 2.8 branch).

6.8 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 1.3% · top 31.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scriptingCWE-80 · CWE-80
6.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.5
1.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

In Wagtail before versions 2.8.1 and 2.7.2, a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists on the page revision comparison view within the Wagtail admin interface. A user with a limited-permission editor account for the Wagtail admin could potentially craft a page revision history that, when viewed by a user with higher privileges, could perform actions with that user's credentials. The vulnerability is not exploitable by an ordinary site visitor without access to the Wagtail admin. Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 2.7.2 (for the LTS 2.7 branch) and Wagtail 2.8.1 (for the current 2.8 branch).

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wc-pfq2-5cm6 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/61045ceefea114c40ac4b680af58990dbe732389
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/releases/tag/v2.8.1
https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-v2wc-pfq2-5cm6 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-11001), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.