{"id":"CVE-2020-11037","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Potential Observable Timing Discrepancy in Wagtail","description":"In Wagtail before versions 2.7.3 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](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/iAaq0pvHXuA/fpUuwjK3i2wJ).\n\nPrivacy 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.\n\nThis has been patched in 2.7.3, 2.8.2, 2.9.","publishedAt":"2020-04-30T22:20:12.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-11-19T15:42:15.578Z","severity":{"score":6.1,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","source":"GitHub_M"},"assigner":"GitHub_M","products":["wagtail Wagtail"],"affected":[{"vendor":"wagtail","product":"Wagtail","versions":[{"version":"< 2.7.3","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 2.8rc1, < 2.8.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"= 2.9rc1","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6","https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c030490ed575bb9cd01dfb3a890477dcaeb2edf","https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b76ab57ee859732b9cf9287d380493ab24061090","https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ba9d424bd1ca5ce1910d3de74f5cc07214fbfb11","https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bac3cd0a26b023e595cf2959aae7da15bb5e4340"],"weaknesses":["CWE-208"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:46:24.834Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2020/11xxx/CVE-2020-11037.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2020-11037","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2020-04-30T22:20:12.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-11-19T15:42:15.578Z","assignerShortName":"GitHub_M","assignerOrgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateReserved":"2020-03-30T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Potential Observable Timing Discrepancy in Wagtail","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In Wagtail before versions 2.7.3 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. 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This is [understood to be feasible on a local network, but not on the public internet](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-developers/iAaq0pvHXuA/fpUuwjK3i2wJ).\n\nPrivacy 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.\n\nThis has been patched in 2.7.3, 2.8.2, 2.9."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"wagtail","product":"Wagtail","versions":[{"version":"< 2.7.3","status":"affected"},{"version":">= 2.8rc1, < 2.8.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"= 2.9rc1","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6","name":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c030490ed575bb9cd01dfb3a890477dcaeb2edf","name":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/3c030490ed575bb9cd01dfb3a890477dcaeb2edf","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b76ab57ee859732b9cf9287d380493ab24061090","name":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/b76ab57ee859732b9cf9287d380493ab24061090","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ba9d424bd1ca5ce1910d3de74f5cc07214fbfb11","name":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/ba9d424bd1ca5ce1910d3de74f5cc07214fbfb11","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bac3cd0a26b023e595cf2959aae7da15bb5e4340","name":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/commit/bac3cd0a26b023e595cf2959aae7da15bb5e4340","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"attackComplexity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-208","lang":"en","description":"CWE-208: Observable Timing Discrepancy","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"GitHub_M","orgId":"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa","dateUpdated":"2024-11-19T15:42:15.578Z"},"source":{"advisory":"GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6","discovery":"UNKNOWN"}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-04T11:21:14.431Z"}}]}}}