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.
References
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https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6 | Third Party Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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Information
Published : 2020-04-30 16:15
Updated : 2020-05-08 08:57
NVD link : CVE-2020-11037
Mitre link : CVE-2020-11037
JSON object : View
CWE
CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Products Affected
torchbox
- wagtail