Description
Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A bug in Wagtail's `parse_query_string` would result in it taking a long time to process suitably crafted inputs. When used to parse sufficiently long strings of characters without a space, `parse_query_string` would take an unexpectedly large amount of time to process, resulting in a denial of service. In an initial Wagtail installation, the vulnerability can be exploited by any Wagtail admin user. It cannot be exploited by end users. If your Wagtail site has a custom search implementation which uses `parse_query_string`, it may be exploitable by other users (e.g. unauthenticated users). Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 5.2.6, 6.0.6 and 6.1.3.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2024-0186 | Wagtail is an open source content management system built on Django. A bug in Wagtail's `parse_query_string` would result in it taking a long time to process suitably crafted inputs. When used to parse sufficiently long strings of characters without a space, `parse_query_string` would take an unexpectedly large amount of time to process, resulting in a denial of service. In an initial Wagtail installation, the vulnerability can be exploited by any Wagtail admin user. It cannot be exploited by end users. If your Wagtail site has a custom search implementation which uses `parse_query_string`, it may be exploitable by other users (e.g. unauthenticated users). Patched versions have been released as Wagtail 5.2.6, 6.0.6 and 6.1.3.\n |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-jmp3-39vp-fwg8 | Wagtail regular expression denial-of-service via search query parsing |
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History
Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:45:00 +0000
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| First Time appeared |
Torchbox
Torchbox wagtail |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:torchbox:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Wagtail
Wagtail wagtail |
Torchbox
Torchbox wagtail |
Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| First Time appeared |
Wagtail
Wagtail wagtail |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:wagtail:wagtail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Wagtail
Wagtail wagtail |
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-02T04:19:20.749Z
Reserved: 2024-06-21T18:15:22.262Z
Link: CVE-2024-39317
Updated: 2024-07-18T15:20:28.844Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-07-11T16:15:02.477
Modified: 2026-03-20T18:34:00.577
Link: CVE-2024-39317
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Github GHSA