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CVE-2024-39317: Wagtail regular expression denial-of-service via search query parsing

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 19/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.61% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: wagtail (PyPI) 5.2.6, 6.0.6, 6.1.3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to wagtail (PyPI) 5.2.6, 6.0.6, 6.1.3 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

Published
Jul 11, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 49th percentile

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Action score

19

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
4.9
CNA · GitHub_M
6.5
1.6 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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torchboxwagtail

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • wagtail wagtail

    • >= 2.0, < 5.2.6, >= 6.0, < 6.0.6, >= 6.1, < 6.1.3affected

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • torchbox wagtail2.0 and later · before 5.2.6
  • torchbox wagtail6.0 and later · before 6.0.6
  • torchbox wagtail6.1 and later · before 6.1.3

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIwagtailfrom 2.0 · before 5.2.65.2.6
PyPIwagtailfrom 6.0 · before 6.0.66.0.6
PyPIwagtailfrom 6.1 · before 6.1.36.1.3

Same product

torchbox: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-54263Wagtail: Reflected XSS in dynamic image URL generator view
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2020-11001Possible XSS attack in Wagtail
    27Monitor
  • CVE-2026-54261Wagtail: Improper permission handling in image preview
    26Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-28837Apr 3, 2023 · Wagtail vulnerable to denial-of-service via memory exhaustion when uploading large files
    19Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-45809Oct 19, 2023 · Disclosure of user names via admin bulk action views in wagtail
    10Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-25517Feb 4, 2026 · Wagtail has improper permission handling on admin preview endpoints
    20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
PyPI:wagtail5.2.6Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:wagtail6.0.6Package registry (OSV)
PyPI:wagtail6.1.3Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

Patch and commit links

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Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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References

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