{"cve":"CVE-2020-11037","nvd":{"published":"2020-04-30T23:15:11.887","modified":"2026-06-17T02:48:55.093","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-362","CWE-208"],"references":["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","https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/security/advisories/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6"],"products":["torchbox:wagtail"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:04:18.695612450+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2020-11037","score":0.0025,"percentile":0.16382,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jjjr-3jcw-f8v6","summary":"Potential Observable Timing Discrepancy in Wagtail","modified":"2026-07-08T06:00:56.875033918Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"wagtail","purl":"pkg:pypi/wagtail","ranges":["<2.7.3"],"fixed":["2.7.3"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"wagtail","purl":"pkg:pypi/wagtail","ranges":[">=2.8rc1 <2.8.2"],"fixed":["2.8.2"]},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"wagtail","purl":"pkg:pypi/wagtail","ranges":[">=2.9rc1 <2.9"],"fixed":["2.9"]}]},{"id":"PYSEC-2020-153","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2020-153","summary":"","modified":"2026-06-08T11:15:04.223652604Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","name":"wagtail","purl":"pkg:pypi/wagtail","ranges":[">=2.7 <2.7.3",">=2.8 <2.8.2"],"fixed":["2.7.3","2.8.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}